I want to thank Congressman Lujan for his leadership in working with the Four Pueblos...
I would like to thank Speaker Lujan and Governor Richardson for following through on that funding.
We urge passage of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R. 3254.
I thank Chairwoman Napolitano, Ranking Member McClintock, members of the Subcommittee on Water and Power...
Just a few quick questions.
I just really don't want to lose sight of that.
We want to have clean water for everyone.
I strongly urge the Subcommittee to take favorable action on the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act.
This Settlement Act represents a compromise and a guarantee of future allocations that costly litigation could never achieve.
We feel that although the Administration might not yet be fully satisfied with these settlements, we firmly believe that these settlements.....
I especially want to thank the New Mexico congressional delegation for enabling us to achieve this settlement.
The Citizens of our county have no control or oversight over tribal representatives, development, and countless other issues.
These bills before the Subcommittee today are the result of years of hard work; respectively, 40 and 43 years.
What exactly is the Federal trust responsibility to the tribes regarding water?
The United States owes not only a federal trust obligation to these pueblos to protect the water rights of the Acequias and their members.
The reason I ask that question, I just want to be very clear here.
Mr. Lujan. Commissioner Montoya, could you touch upon the last series of questions there?
