Bruce F. Vento: “I mean, legally I think there is no substance and basis, and morally I think we do have a responsibility. But this is an…”

“I mean, legally I think there is no substance and basis, and morally I think we do have a responsibility. But this is an open invitation, and if something is presented to Congress that is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars transferring vast areas of land in New Mexico to compensate, it is going to hit this Congress and it is going to go nowhere. We ought to be facing up to that at this time, at least anticipating. And I think that is the job of the Committee on Resources and the other committees of this Congress, not something to be sent to a commission.”