Numerous studies, including the updated new area study completed in 2009, at the request of Senator Tom Udall and former Senator Jeff Bingaman, found that Valles Caldera meets the criteria for designation as a unit of the National Park…

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 bill allows for continued, sustainable grazing, hunting, and fishing.

So it's really a designation. That designation means a lot to the community and to the people who put this together.

The access to unencumbered airspace is second to none in New Mexico.

I believe is a really important national security issue.

I believe that airmen and airwomen training to fly F-16s in New Mexico will benefit greatly from the move to Holloman.

I want to thank you for your efforts regarding the F-16 transition at Holloman Air Force Base.

I believe that the VA should do more to inform veterans about the possible threats to their health from exposure to open burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I assume telehealth is some of the answer there, but part of my question is to ask about what this budget does to increase transportation options for vets.

I think it's very important that you try to take the temperature of veterans in terms of how they feel about not ever seeing an actual doctor in person.

I am urging DOD and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to continue to work together to resolve these difficult issues.

We know that we are going to be able to make changes in our European basing, but we also need to make changes in the continental United States.

I have to tell you, I am also skeptical about the need for another BRAC.

Our soldiers at White Sands Missile Range deserve better, and I believe that it is about time that DOD and the Army carried out this appropriation.