Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico radio reporters legislation he has introduced to preserve land in Northern New Mexico.  Bingaman’s remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on this link.

00:00 – Bingaman talks about legislation he has introduced to designate approximately 235,980 acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos and Río Arriba counties as a National Conservation Area. 

01:59 – Bingaman comments on the swine influenza and what the U.S. government is doing to address the outbreak.

06:33 – Bingaman comments on reports that the U.S. is considering keeping troops in Iraq beyond the June 30 deadline.

08:56 – Bingaman comments on the swine influenza.