Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and thank you for your leadership on this effort...

I stand in strong support of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument proposal offered by citizens of Dona Ana County.

I appreciate that. Mr. Chairman, I know that we are going through some tough economic times.

But there is much work to be done. And that is why I, working with the Nashua River Watershed Association, introduced a bill we are considering at this moment, a bill that would initiate a three-year study to determine whether roughly 28…

We are also grateful for the leadership of Congressman Lujan and Congressman Fleischmann.

How do you think that we can include those stories in the larger story that needs to be told?

I disagree. I have never visited a national park that was anything like a Disneyland.

I am thrilled to be here when we address the bipartisan bill on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

I appreciate it very much in your testimony and that of Mr. Petersen, the importance of the conversations of those that worked on this site.

I want to thank Congressmen Doc Hastings, Chuck Fleischmann and Ben Lujan, sponsors of this bill.

We urge Congress to pass this National Park legislation.

Thank you, Chairman Hastings. I want to thank you for holding this hearing today, and for providing me the opportunity today to share my remarks on H.R. 5319, the Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2012, which I introduced in…