Thank you very much for holding this hearing. These witnesses have been very, very helpful.

The Antiquities Act has been used to great effect, by and large and very appropriate ways as Senator Bingaman just pointed out with the recent actions of President Bush.

I want to make sure you have the last word. But I would add to your list of important uses of the Antiquities Act two additional national parks that were designated national parks after initially being designated national monuments.

I think there are many of us in the West who are intrigued with the oil shale potential.

Opening Statement of: Hon. Tom Udall, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.

One of the criticisms of him was that he was too young to be President. He said well, I'm doing something about that every day.

I wish Senator Reid was here for me to just thank him for what he did for my family.

I think you educate all of us and allow us to focus on what the issue is and what we can do about it.

One of them is just for a young person to be able to have somebody to talk to about their problems.

Taking institutions that are there and making those institutions reform themselves so that they deal specifically with the issue of youth suicide in Indian Country.

I really want to thank you for all of your work on climate change. When I was in the House of Representatives, I followed what you did over here in the Senate.