this bill is called the Environmental Justice, right? That we are focused on making sure that everybody has justice in the same sense of access to that clean air, access to economic opportunities that don't come at the expense of somebody…

disparate impact is also prohibited under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and that was part of the intent of the legislation.

And I`ll be back on the floor of the United States Senate in just a few short weeks to vote on important legislation and to consider a Supreme Court nominee.

This is not hypothetical in New Mexico. Our history and our landscape are peppered with the examples of how the historical legacy has impacted our communities.

Our communities must be at the table in making decisions that affect their quality of life, their health, and their futures.

This policy and any policy that is truly focused on EJ, we will continue fighting for it.

It is about putting the power, the tools, and the resources back into our communities that have experienced the disproportionate impacts.

We exploded an atomic bomb here, and the people who were exposed to that have not been able to get compensation.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient question? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

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Each case number represents a life and a story and a tear in the fabric of our communities.

Our Tribes and Pueblos are working to address the impacts of climate change, to maintain and revitalize our traditional agricultural practices, to restore and to repatriate sacred lands and traditional lands.

What are the changes you think could make it easier for organizations and communities to apply and manage those grants?

one of the most important recommendations that came out of that work was about data and cross-jurisdictional sharing of data.

I very much look forward to working with this Committee and my colleagues to get the Violence Against Women Act passed in the Senate.

I know how hard it is to access that Federal funding.