The communities in that area are in dire need.

The slow pace of Federal funding means that these towns may run out of water long before the pipeline is ever completed.

Portales is expected to run out of ground water in about 10 years.

I appreciate your responses about moving the economy and investing in jobs.

Senator Baucus' rural water project bill has a particular project in New Mexico that's been in the works for a long time.

The Rio Grande del Norte: One Hundred New Mexicans Speak for a Legacy, and urging support for H.R. 1241.

Letter to Rep. Bishop and Rep. Grijalva for the record in support of protecting the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.

Clovis is projected to run dry in 20 years.

We need to do something to open the tap here.

I could not agree more that this has to be an investment in outcome and quality.

I would urge you to be clear and careful about those kinds of proposals.

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

First we would want a person as Secretary of Energy who had a knowledge of science and engineering.

The Administration also agrees with the BRC that a linkage between opening an interim storage facility and progress toward a repository is important so that states and communities that consent to hosting a consolidated interim storage…

I think all of us, if we were choosing a Secretary of Energy, would want to choose somebody with those attributes.

It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.

I think it's time to act. I think there's great opportunity presenting itself to us in the context of national security, job creation, of course the environmental benefits.

Mr. President, let me just say that I very much appreciate the help on this amendment from both Senator Wyden, who is here and is the chairman of the committee, and also Senator Murkowski, who has been working with me on this amendment. I…