Jeff Bingaman

We support S.3452 as a means of resolving immediate funding problems for the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

We cannot predict what policies the National Park Service may adopt governing grazing, hunting and fishing in the Valles Caldera.

I do support what you are suggesting, and we have talked about that with the superintendent as of this past Monday.

As a matter of fact, we have a management agreement called the Valles Caldera Protection Act which somewhat protects the cultural and the forest resources that we have.

We see S.3452 transferring responsibility for future management of the Valles Caldera to the National Park Service.

We strongly support your effort to enact new legislation that assigns management of the preserve to the National Park Service.

I urge Congress to pass S. 3452.

Why haven't you asked the U.S. Forest Service or the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct a similar study?

Thank you for introducing legislation to ensure the Valles Caldera National Preserve is preserved for future generations as a unit of the National Park System-it is a national treasure.

We think this consultation requirement will strengthen operations of the Valles Caldera into the future.

I strongly urge Congress to pass the Valles Caldera National Preserve Management Act.

I appreciate the opportunity to be able to present the views of the Santa Clara Pueblo on this bill as it addresses matters that are of the most profound importance to our pueblo.

The Valles Caldera National Preserve will continue to prosper as a natural wonder full of significant geology, ecology, history, and culture.

We are here to conditionally support Senator Jeff Bingaman's bill to transfer management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service.

This is legislation that I introduced, along with Senator Udall as cosponsor, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

The purpose of the afternoon hearing is to receive testimony on S. 3452.

This administration's decision, which I fiercely disagree with, to stop all activity with the 33 deepwater rigs...

The administration has laid down a blanket inappropriate, in my view, 6-month moratoria with no end in sight.

This moratoria will affect as many as 46,200 jobs may be idled.

I appreciate your statement that it is moving in the right direction and will strengthen the ability of the department to carry out its responsibilities.

We must learn from this accident and aggressively develop better technology to stop these spills from happening.

I want to commend Senator Shaheen for her work on an oil spill response research and development measure.

As the Congress formulates its overall response to the disaster, its first order of business must continue to be to care for the families of those who lost their lives in the rig explosion and those Gulf residents who are suffering every…

These matters are urgent. I am hopeful that we can proceed quickly to consider legislation on these issues in the committee next week.

If we don't get this right, we are going to eliminate every job that we are trying to create...