Tom Udall

They resolved it against the tribes

If there was any ambiguity, it should have been resolved in favor of the tribes

I applaud Chairman Akaka on his quick action this congress to introduce and pass out of Committee a bill to make a simple yet vital fix to the Indian Reorganization Act that would reverse the Carcieri vs. Salazar decision.

I think that is problematic.

We need to ensure that the voices of Native American communities are heard.

It is a struggle getting there, but it is a struggle worth having and worth going through the process.

If you want to find more oil you ought to drill below Detroit.

There's also a difference in the total CO2 emissions that is also a factor and that goes together with that.

Do you think that if more companies pursued recycling from their material needs that we could reduce, significantly perhaps, our manufacturing energy needs in our country?

Using the elements that we recover from recycling have reduced the need for energy by 70 percent.

I find that your example of the platinum group metal is amazing that you get 400 times the yield from recycling automotive catalysts than yield from mining those same platinum group metals.

Our landfills make us the Saudi Arabia of critical materials.

Well, the problem that we have today in our American cities is that the standards that the EPA has put into place are being violated.

My son is one of the 47,000 New Mexico children with asthma. He especially needs pollution-free clean air.

I think the evidence for that is unequivocal.

Please continue making every effort to protect environmental legislation, sincerely, someone with asthma.

Dear Senator Udall, I have lived with the real life effects of air pollution. As a mother, it is difficult to witness your child struggle with asthma.

Thank you, Senator Carper.

It is always sound advice to listen to your doctor.

Thank you for that excellent statement.

Are you saying we have no problem with air pollution in American cities today?

Dr. Barrasso just asked the question, why asthma rates are rising in the U.S.

The last major revision to the Clean Air Act was in 1990.

This is a real pleasure doing this jointly with you.

The issue is whether effects occur at air pollution levels observed today.