[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            COLORADO UTE INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I regret I was unable to vote on the final 
passage of the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, S. 
2508. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of this 
legislation.
  This legislation has the support of the Governor and Attorney General 
of Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe, the Native American Rights Fund, the Clinton Administration, not 
to mention the bi-partisan efforts of the Colorado and New Mexico 
delegations.
  In addition, I would have voted in favor of the H.J. 115, the 
continuing resolution.

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