the Alliance to Save Energy is strongly supportive of the package of tax incentives for energy efficient products and practices put forward by the Senate Finance Committee last year.

I recommend we change CAFE.

I think it is an important hearing, an important set of issues.

I hope very much we can enact those provisions that related to energy efficiency.

We commend and thank the leadership last year of three Members of the Senate Finance Committee in particular, Senators Bingaman, Snowe and (Frank) Murkowski.

The energy bill that the 107th Congress almost produced... is a good bill.

Business Week writes that this is completely doable.

a working ranch would permit both cattle and wildlife to thrive on the land and traditional New Mexican families should have the opportunity to join others who had previously been able to use the land.

Over time the number of owners with an interest in an allotment is compounded or fractionated. This unique system has not served the Navajo people well.

Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation, which is being co-sponsored by my colleagues J.D. Hayworth of Arizona and Chris Cannon of Utah, that provides for the leasing of oil and gas rights on certain lands held in trust for the Navajo…

The bill I am introducing today will facilitate the leasing of Navajo allotted land for oil and gas development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve oil and gas leases on Navajo allotted lands when less then 100 percent…

In the mean time, I believe it is appropriate to consider a stop-gap measure aimed at stimulating near-term economic development on fractionated Navajo lands.

This legislation would correct a serious problem facing the Navajo people in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico--the issue of 'fractionated lands.'

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to introduce legislation to provide for the protection of various historical sites in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico.

By preserving these sites, we should be able to preserve the history and culture embodied in these sites for future generations.

Protecting what remains of the early pueblo communities is important to New Mexicans and to those who seek an understanding of early Southwestern history.

I am confident that this chamber realizes the importance of this bill in preserving New Mexican history for current and future generations.

The Galisteo Basin has a rich cultural history dating back to 1598 when Spanish Conquistadors arrived in the area and found thriving Pueblo Indian communities.