Significant Federal funding over the next several years is critical.

I assume that's a 'Yes.' and that you think the gun show loophole ought to be closed.

The Federal law allows people on the terror watch list to legally purchase a gun or even explosives.

So, even former Vice President Dick Cheney has suggested that maybe it's time to reinstate this ban--it may be appropriate to do so.

I would suspect that's not geographically, sort of, distributed.

It's an important policy question and, it'll rapidly become an important personal question for----

I support this effort because it promotes the efficient administration and completion of Federal construction projects.

New Mexico tribes and pueblos have contacted me expressing their support for the 8(a) program and for the participation of ANCs.

I would just ask unanimous consent to put my opening statement in the record and look forward to the hearing.

We are building a town on our reservation that Senator Johanns referred to.

If we were to go backwards, it wouldn't save the government a penny.

The reason I took the time to talk about the economic environment we live in, because that economic environment still exists.

Taking thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands of people off government assistance and giving them hope is the way to go.

So my message to your committee, Senator Bingaman, to the Congress, and to the American people, is not a message of doom and gloom about our continuing dependence on oil.

We need Federal policies to support biofuels expansion.

We've reduced our dependence on imported oil by 10 percent in less than 10 years.

Our bill, S. 187, does basically three things.

I think we can have optimism and confidence based not upon a will of a whisp or some ephemeral kinds of ghosts.