If we are not defending the prescriptive easements that the public uses to access their public lands after a century in Montana, I worry about that spreading to New Mexico and other places as well.

Thank you, Chair Cortez Masto, for holding today's legislative hearing and for including a longstanding issue of importance to many New Mexicans.

I very much support this legislation that Senator Cassidy, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator King have all put so much effort into.

I think you all, as federal agencies, have a trust responsibility to take care of the public land

The Buffalo Tract Protection Act would permanently withdraw four small parcels of BLM land near Placitas, New Mexico from mineral development.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

That math doesn't work, and it doesn't work because an internal combustion engine is only about 30 to 35 percent efficient.

Each of these electric substitutes can help reduce our climate pollution and create savings on our energy bills.

I am quite pleased that the Senate will soon be voting on the confirmation of Margaret Strickland, President Biden's nominee to be a district court judge for the District of New Mexico. Ms. Strickland was born and raised in the southwest…

If we ever want to address our contributions to our climate problem we need to find sustainable and cost-effective substitutes for all of the devices and machines that we use today that combust fossil fuels.

If we electrify we can actually cut our primary energy in half.

I want to thank Chairman Beyer in particular for allowing me to hold this hearing today to highlight what I see as one of the shortest actions that we need to take right now to confront the climate crisis and to advance stronger, stable…