Azeé Bee Nahagha work session put off til spring; Udall to speak

By Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation Council work session on Aze Bee Nahagha which had been scheduled for today, has been postponed. The session will take place
before the council's spring session, the speaker's office announced late Tuesday evening. However, unless
removed, legislation to amend Title 17 of the Navajo Nation Code by enacting the Aze Bee Nahagha Act of 2004 is still on the agenda for the council's winter session.

Udall address
SANTA FE — U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., was scheduled to address the New Mexico State Legislature at 10 a.m. today. Five members of the New Mexico congressional delegation are invited to speak before the Legislature during its 60-day session which began Tuesday. Udall is expected to announce his support for many preventive health-care proposals being advanced by Gov. Bill Richardson and individual legislators.

In his weekly radio address, N.M. Sen. Pete Domenici, said he is hopeful the Legislature will make careful progress on water issues, prudent tax reform, meaningful education improvements, and economic development and job-training programs.

Natural gas conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association is one of 32 groups invited to participate in a half-day bipartisan conference to discuss proposed solutions to the predicted U.S. shortage of natural gas when the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, chaired by N.M. Sen. Pete Domenici, meets Jan. 24 in Washington.

The conference was announced last month and the public was invited to submit written proposals to address various aspects of what is expected to be a significant gap between natural gas supply and demand in coming years.

The conference has been divided into six sessions and participants each will have two minutes to introduce their proposals and make their main points. The committee received more than 120 proposals from the public, gas producers, utilities, environmentalists, universities,
think tanks and state and federal agencies.