Eni Faleomavaega: “Mr. Speaker, I want to note for the Record that former Congressman Bill Richardson was a very distinguished member of…”

“Mr. Speaker, I want to note for the Record that former Congressman Bill Richardson was a very distinguished member of our Committee on Resources, and I think, also to my good friend from New Mexico, that former Ambassador Bill Richardson to the United Nations is now the new Secretary of Energy. It was just confirmed last Friday by the other body. I want to commend my good friend the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Redmond) for following up this piece of legislation, and I just want to note that and commend him for allowing us to bring this piece of legislation now for consideration, and again I urge my colleagues to support this bill and thank my colleague again from North Carolina for his management of these pieces of legislation.”