Oil and gas activities generate, on a per acre basis, some 5-10 times the revenue as would be expected from wind or solar energy development.

we would respectfully request that you maintain within the new office a separate and adequately sized staff dedicated solely to reviewing and processing renewable energy applications.

Many members are currently absorbed by the health care debate, but it is important to continue to make progress on this issue as well.

If there was a strong, meaningful, bipartisan, political coalition advancing a serious tax proposal it would garner a lot of steam.

EPA projections have indicated that there will be a very limited supply of offsets coming from projects based in the U.S.

Are there policy choices we can make to increase the supply of high-quality domestic offsets?

It requires that we find a way to reinvent our energy infrastructure.

Global climate change is one of the most consequential and difficult problems that we face in this Congress.

We need to invest in our youth and provide them with the support they need.

I just wanted to briefly, Chairman Dorgan, say thank you again for focusing on this issue, and thank you for focusing our attention on youth suicide in Indian Country.

I just don't want us to forget, Madame Chair, that we are talking about people here and families.

These bills are an example of how we can manage this precious resource without pitting towns against farms, and farms against tribes.

The Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would settle a lawsuit nearly 40 years old and adjudicate water rights for Taos Pueblo, the State of New Mexico, and many non-Indian water users and acequia associations.

water is the lifeblood of our communities. Whether you live in downtown Albuquerque or on a ranch or in a pueblo, every New Mexican depends on their community's right to clean, reliable water.

I thank Chairwoman Napolitano, Ranking Member McClintock, members of the Subcommittee on Water and Power...

The reason I ask that question, I just want to be very clear here.

This settlement will avoid contentious litigation that could only cause future mistrust and conflict throughout the Taos area.

Senators Bingaman and Udall and Congressmen Lujan and Heinrich have provided the leadership and the guidance that will allow the fighting to end.