Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"In the end, we cannot, and we should not, expend resources on every known vulnerability: it would just be too expensive."

"Thank you for what you have done for our area, for New Mexico and for Clovis."

"The federal government's participation and funding capabilities are essential to making the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System a reality."

"As Chairman Bingaman has noted, Reclamation's analysis shows that an increase in funding for the construction of rural water projects to $80M per year would reduce the total Federal appropriations nee..."