Child abuse continues to be a significant problem in the United Sates. It was estimated that 2001,903,000 children were the victims of child abuse or neglect. Child abuse is a crime perpetrated on the innocent and the defenseless.

Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers.

We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.

Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, lets use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.