Doug LaMalfa: “There are big problems. And yes, whether it is 60 Minutes, or what have you, there are people on the ground that... feel…”

So, Madam Chairwoman, from the doldrums of less than 1,000, the American Bison has rebounded so far to around 250,000 today.

But it shouldn't require you having to come hat in hand to this place and ask a Congress Member to run a bill so you can purchase a piece of land that might be surplus already to the government.

The tradition of buffalo is very strong in New Mexico, so I am glad to see this legislation before us once again.

Mrs. Napolitano's proposed legislation would hopefully allow that to be more widespread.