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Visitors walk between exhibits at the 47th Annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Tulare, Calif. Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown visited briefly Wednesday, calling on Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., to find common ground in the debate over the state’s drought rather than exploiting it for political gain. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Gov. Jerry Brown talks about the politics of California’s drought in a brief visit to the 47th Annual World Ag Expo Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Tulare, Calif. Brown’s visit followed his emergency drought declaration in January and comes before President Barack Obama’s visit to the region planned for Friday. At left is Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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A road sign reads: "Serious Drought Help Save Water" on Interstate 5 in Los Angeles Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has formally proclaimed California in drought emergency, calling on Republicans and Democrats in Congress to compromise on legislation to help the state's drought-stricken agricultural heartland. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Bronson Arroyo throws during baseball spring training, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Diamondbacks made the signing of Arroyo official Wednesday, five days after the two-year, $23.5 million deal was widely reported. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Mesa, Arizona Mayor Scott Smith, right center, and Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, left center, speak to reporters from the field at the Cubs' new Cactus League spring training baseball facility, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Kansas state Rep. Willie Dove, a Bonner Springs Republican, watches as the electronic voting board in the House as members approve a bill on gay marriage, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Dove supports the measure, which grants legal protections to people, groups and businesses that cite religious beliefs about marriage for refusing to serve gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this photo from Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, listens to a debate on marriage legislation opposed by gay-rights advocates, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Davis is running for governor and is being criticized for not being strong enough in his opposition to the bill. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, left, a Lawrence Democrat, speaks to Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican, during the chamber's session, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Davis has upset some gay-rights advocates who believe his opposition to a gay marriage bill has been lukewarm. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Adam Beam poses for a photograph on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Beam, 31, a government and politics reporter at The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. Beam is being named the AP’s new Statehouse reporter in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/The State, Rich Glickstein)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo is Matt Schultz, now Iowa Secretary of State, in Council Bluffs Iowa. Democratic lawmakers have been critical of Schultz for not having a uniform or accurate way to check whether potential voters are felons who should be disqualified. (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2013 photo, people attend a demonstration in support of the legalization of marijuana outside the Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay's Senate approved the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana. From the Americas to Europe to North Africa and beyond, the marijuana legalization movement has unprecedented traction, a nod to successful efforts in Colorado, Washington and the small South American nation of Uruguay, which became the first country to approve nationwide pot legalization. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
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Dana Fabe, the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, delivers the State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Shown behind her are Senate President Charlie Huggins, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, right. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Dana Fabe, the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, delivers the State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Shown behind her are Senate President Charlie Huggins, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, right. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Dana Fabe, the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, delivers the State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Shown behind her as Senate President Charlie Huggins, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, right. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2014, AND THEREAFTER File- In this Dec. 10, 2013 file photo, legalization of marijuana activists gather outside the Congress building, as senators vote on a law to legalize the drug, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The activist are in support of the Washington and Colorado recreational laws that were passed 2012 to regulate the growth and sale of taxed pot at state-licensed stores. Sales began Jan. 1, 2014 in Colorado, and are due to start later this year in Washington. Twenty states and the District of Columbia also have medical marijuana laws. The. Uruguay's Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 to create the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana, an audacious experiment that will have the government oversee production, sales and consumption of a drug illegal almost everywhere else. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this July 31, 2013 file photo, a man smokes a marijuana joint, while Senators debate a bill at the Senate to legalize marijuana and regulate production and distribution in Montevideo, Uruguay. From the Americas to Europe to North Africa and beyond, the marijuana legalization movement has unprecedented traction, a nod to successful efforts in Colorado, Washington, and the small South American nation of Uruguay, which in Dec. 2013, became the first country to approve nationwide pot legalization. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - FILE -This Dec. 10, 2013 file photo shows, activists smoking marijuana, as they pose for photos in front of the Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay's Senate approved the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana. From the Americas to Europe to North Africa and beyond, the marijuana legalization movement has unprecedented traction, a nod to successful efforts in Colorado, Washington and the small South American nation of Uruguay, which became the first country to approve nationwide pot legalization. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks to reporters in front of federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Claiming the Obama administration is violating Americans’ constitutional rights, Paul and a conservative political group are filing a lawsuit over the National Security Agency’s surveillance program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
