William Redmond: “Well I would just say, I would just encourage as many Members as possible to cosign on to the bill. It is a bill 2538…”

“Well I would just say, I would just encourage as many Members as possible to cosign on to the bill. It is a bill 2538; it is called the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant Claims Commission, and it indeed is a bill written by the people, for the people. And we are looking forward to having that come before this body, hopefully within the next 30 to 60 days, for final passage, and then we can send it to the other body and they can consider it and hopefully get it on the President's desk as soon as possible. I would like to see this become a reality for the people of New Mexico. One hundred fifty years is a long time to wait for justice to be done, and I believe that the Members of this body are committed to seeing that justice is done. And so I call upon all my colleagues to not only vote for the bill, but to be proactive and to sign on to the bill, and as we say in New Mexico, taking off of the first line of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo again, for those that might be joining us, the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement, signed between the Government of the United States of America and the United Mexican States on February 2, 1848. The treaty begins, "In the name of Almighty God:" And I would just like to end my portion today, as we would in New Mexico, saying thanks to God: Gracias a Dios.”