Jeff Bingaman

I believe that the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act is a critical step in protecting our natural resources.

Thank you also for the opportunity to add additional testimony to the record for S 1689.

We can make sure this doesn't happen to all of our great areas of natural beauty by setting them aside now, all at once, so the matter is settled.

Let us not waste this opportunity for gold.

We appreciate the efforts of all parties involved as well as Senator Bingaman and his staff for working with EBID to exclude our existing dams from the wilderness area.

I call this the 'Hydro-illogical' cycle.

We appreciate that effort.

Information and testimony provided through your office or by others is quite misleading to the general public.

The Organ Mountains Wilderness is a small part.

I implore you to continue with your efforts to move the Organ Mountains and Desert Peaks Wilderness Act through the legislative process.

There are many issues around the edges of the bill, to 'fix up' this or that. But there are no fatal flaws.

We support the proper application of the original Wilderness Act and the Congressional Grazing Guidelines

Harnessing the community energy and passion would never have been possible without the outstanding leadership of Senator Jeff Bingaman and his staff.

Senators, by introducing the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, you have acknowledged the overwhelming desire of our community members.

I think, in fact, that is the future of America and not nuclear.

I appreciate the President's commitment to the continued development of clean energy programs.

The support provided by Congress has been a critical enabler to SOCOM's mission success.

The discovery of new science and the invention of new technologies is the major engine of economic growth in our time.

The need for an adequate funding policy for energy science and technology is a very important topic.

Our investments in new energy technologies, and the science underlying those technologies, has been surprisingly deficient over the last 20 years.

As the industry's plans continue to materialize throughout FY 2010 and FY 2011, the NRC will increase its pre-application meetings.

I strongly encourage the Committee in their wisdom to steer this legislation to assure that it facilitates the intended successes for the Public and for the Forest Service.

We commend Senator Bingaman for introducing this bill and appreciate the subcommittee's expeditious consideration of this very important legislation.

We believe gridlock has plagued proper forest management for many years resulting in the forest service not being able to properly manage our public forests.

This courageous new bill represents hope and new opportunity for our state, because it aims to break the decades-long logjam on forest policy.