Tom Udall: “as the majority has explained, H.R. 481 will further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site by…”

“as the majority has explained, H.R. 481 will further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site by enabling a significant parcel of land to be added to the site. The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was authorized in 2000 to preserve, commemorate and interpret the location of the 1864 massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped along the banks of the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado. The effort to establish the historic site has been a cooperative one. The inclusion of the land authorized by H.R. 481 will be a significant step leading to the formal establishment of the site by the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 481 will help advance the preservation and interpretation of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site and we support adoption of the legislation by the House today. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the staff of the Resources Committee, both the minority and majority staff, and especially Rick Healy, who worked diligently on this bill.”