Tom Udall

Since 2010, I have been urging this entity here, the CPSC, to ensure football helmets meet a safety standard that addresses concussion risk and reflect the state-of-the-art in helmet technology.

Senator Udall. Senator McCain is right about the salt cedar, there is no doubt about it.

Water settlements are incredibly important in the West.

We are committed to finding solutions that respect tribal sovereignty.

I think one of the areas that we are really focused on is trying to make sure that we work with Tribes in partnership.

I hope that we can work on that together to move it to the point to get the students in there.

We can't improve the BIE unless Tribes are with us.

I appreciate the efforts of the BIE in working with me on the Pine Hill Elementary School and its safety issues.

We need to work together to improve educational opportunities for our tribal communities.

As has been mentioned several times, the President's budget proposes a new inspection fee for onshore oil and gas leases.

What I want is for the people on the ground to have the best customer service.

Chaco Canyon is critically important to my State as an incredibly rich cultural destination, as well as a sacred place to the tribes of the Southwest.

Many New Mexico stakeholders... are concerned that a merger might mean less for a State director to focus on New Mexico.

I have a couple of questions here. One, can I get your commitment to work with me to ensure that oil and gas leasing near this iconic site are handled with the utmost consideration for the archaeological value that Chaco holds?

I am very skeptical of this idea.

The lands managed by BLM in New Mexico are vital to our economic vitality and to our natural and cultural heritage.

I am proud to have worked with my constituents and this administration to designate two of BLM's newest conservation units.

Governments weaken the statements that the scientists want to make.

The current peacekeeping budget is around $8.5 billion, and it sounds like a big number and is a big number.

A very productive hearing I thought.

The U.N. needs to be just as accountable as other governments and organizations around the world.

U.N. missions were eight times cheaper than U.S. forces acting alone.

You really, in a way, have a glut on the market. It has driven down the price.

Now, it has been mentioned several times with our previous panel and then with this panel about the total U.N. budget being about $44 billion.

And you would expect that with aggressive action by U.S. companies, that they will get a part of those markets in terms of creating jobs and growing jobs here and probably growing jobs other places in the world.