Ben Ray Luján actually said...

Thank you very much, Madame Chair and Ranking Member McClintock.

I strongly urge the Subcommittee to take favorable action on the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act.

This Settlement Act represents a compromise and a guarantee of future allocations that costly litigation could never achieve.

We feel that although the Administration might not yet be fully satisfied with these settlements, we firmly believe that these settlements.....