the New Mexico wilderness areas included in this bill under consideration today are in close proximity to the Mexico-United States border.

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act will protect many of Dona Ana County's most beloved natural treasures.

Senators Bingaman and Udall introduced S. 1689, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act.

Even those of us who represent land-locked States look forward to those findings and that new data set.

This is an important piece of legislation for us in southern New Mexico and for Dona Ana County in particular.

I think if we focus on the building block of life here on our planet, H2O, water, and ensure that we have affordable, safe, and clean supplies of water, we will have healthy societies, less conflict, and a bright future.

Thank you both for being here.

Senator Udall and their staffs did tremendous work in reaching out to the many varied interests and stakeholders.

Thank you, Chairman Wyden, and thank you, Ranking Member Senator Murkowski and other members of the subcommittee, for allowing me to speak today about S. 6989, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act.

Most of the State of New Mexico is in a single TV market centered in Albuquerque; however, about 13.5 percent of the State's TV households receive out-of-State television.

I mean, I think there's a real problem here.

To my knowledge, satellite companies have not been willing to provide in-state non-duplicative television programming to viewers in any so-called 'orphan' counties.