I especially want to thank the New Mexico congressional delegation for enabling us to achieve this settlement.
Just a few quick questions.
I just really don't want to lose sight of that.
So if the settlement was adopted, would it protect non-Indian water users in the Valley?
I have a little bit of experience with regional water authorities because I used to chair the Albuquerque Bernalillo Cou...
Is it clear, or would you agree with the statement that the Administration understands the importance of the settlements...
I hope that we can get some assurance, maybe from the Bureau, that they would be willing to meet with some of the partie...
Thank you very much, Mr. Martinez.
Thank you very much, Madame Chair and Ranking Member McClintock.
Mr. Lujan. Commissioner Montoya, could you touch upon the last series of questions there?
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 ach...
We feel that although the Administration might not yet be fully satisfied with these settlements, we firmly believe that...
These settlements will protect water resources, advance the implementation of effective water management, and ensure fut...
It would be a very unfortunate outcome if those people were told 'no, you cannot connect--this is a Pueblo-only system.'
I wonder if the settlement doesn't constitute an unconstitutional taking.
I just don't want us to forget, Madame Chair, that we are talking about people here and families.
The United States owes not only a federal trust obligation to these pueblos to protect the water rights of the Acequias ...
