I'm just very worried about the funding in our rural communities.
And I think one of the things that's been so key is that you have stayed focused on water.
So it's really a designation. That designation means a lot to the community and to the people who put this together.
I think the idea of designating Denali keeps faith with the native people.
Numerous studies, including the updated new area study completed in 2009, at the request of Senator Tom Udall and former Senator Jeff Bingam...
I know these are topics of great importance to you and your State and to the country.
the 2009 Update Report reaffirmed the results of the prior studies.
Thank you for your testimony.
Thank you for drawing attention, again, to the importance of achieving this goal.
the anticipated annual cost to operate and manage the park would be approximately $22 million.
the bill allows for continued, sustainable grazing, hunting, and fishing.
I thank you.
My bill would simply designate this memorial as a national memorial in order to honor the bravery and the sacrifice of the thousands of Amer...
Great, thank you very much.
Were the closures that Senator Manchin asked about, were they closures, complete closures to the public including pedestrians and including ...
I think that's going to be very important just to make sure that those kind of cultural traditions are preserved as part of the fabric of th...
I think this is one of the things that makes this attractive is the per unit cost of doing a national preserve as a one off has proven to be...
I want to recognize the work that Senator Bingaman did on the 2 bills relating to New Mexico today.