Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"Let us make the right choice for the above and more reasons, and let us preserve as much wilderness as can be preserved around our Organ Mountains."

"Thank you, Senators Bingaman and Udall, for sponsoring this important legislation for our area."

"There is now NO grazing in the Gila Wilderness, and to my knowledge NO use of emergency response (mechanized equipment) is allowed in this wilderness."

"The disagreement, however, is not whether our lands need preservation and protection, but rather in the method which should be used in protecting our lands."