Jeff Bingaman delivered his opening statement.
04/14/2010
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What are you protecting these lands from? Do you think non-use is the answer?
I, as a long time New Mexico resident, am greatly offended by Senator Bingaman's 'my way or the highway' attitude.
I am opposed to the wilderness bill S.1024 because the bill as written does not allow for routine access by law enforcement personnel.
How can you think 'wilderness on the border', which locks the public and the Border Patrol out of those areas, to be acceptable?