Tom Udall

I think the important thing about this hearing is to have an understanding that you are going to work together.

If the requirements of the permit were fulfilled, could the NRC and the EPA guarantee a safe and consistent water source for the Crown Point community? Because that is the key to them.

But it is clear that after a period of exposure that some kind of monitoring and health inquiry should be done to see where they are in terms of their health?

Our regulations today ensure that you are not going to see the same kind of dam failure that occurred back then.

I think what grew out of those hearings that was very positive was the 5-year plan.

The story of uranium development in the United States is a human story, and I must say, a tragic human story.

I want to ask a question about, to what extent has the disposal cell been designed and how has or will the surrounding community be involved in that decision and be able to comment on that?

I applaud the EPA's recent announcement of an improved plan to clean up the Northeast Church Rock Mine.

In the President's proposal, part of the revenue would be used for an abandoned mine land cleanup fund.

We believe the plan has the general support of the Navajo Nation and the local community.

OK. Thank you all very much.

There seems to be value in collecting those royalties, and also other forms, financial mechanisms such as bonds.

Does the Tuba City open dump site pose a threat to drinking water of the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe?

I want to ask a question about Crown Point to Mr. Weber.

What happens there as far as the families and their health impacts? What is recommended?

And really what we are talking about is a community, a Navajo community of some size, for the Navajo Nation, pulling groundwater from the aquifer there right near Crown Point, which is fairly good water, is my understanding.

And I assume if it grew large enough then you would just make an additional request for additional funding to try to make sure that we got the job done on this.

I think it is important for us to look at, examine really all three exposure routes, from the wind, from the erosion and then from the potential exposure to groundwater.

Members of this community know how essential it is that our Nation's Tribal lands are not bypassed when broadband networks are built across the Nation.

Not having a land line or cell phone reception can mean the difference between life and death.

Most people probably cannot imagine life without a telephone. Yet today more than 30 percent of households in Indian Country do not have access to basic telephone service.

I've emphasized that one well contaminated or one person made sick is one too many.

I think we need to reframe our relationship with Pakistan.

There's a true use for high definition TV it seems like.

That's phenomenal. I want to have a chance to experience that myself.