I recommend we change CAFE.

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.

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

There is a lot we can do to improve energy efficiency and particularly in the Federal sector.

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

That bill failed to deal with fuel economy, and that failure will haunt the Nation for years to come.

Senator Dorgan and President Bush and others have called for a major investment in hydrogen and fuel cells.

Business Week writes that this is completely doable.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 Nation or allotted to a member of the Navajo Nation.

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 of the owners agree to such lease.

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

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

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