I appreciate the work being done to improve health services for our tribes.

Thank you, Senator Smith.

We need accurate weather forecasting and effective data gathering to predict these weather events.

The health, and well-being, and resilience of our communities depend on it.

climate change is already impacting communities across the United States.

Viruses don't respect international borders, and for interconnected border states like New Mexico, our physical and economic health depends on international cooperation.

I certainly hope that we can stop the spread of misinformation, that we can listen to the experts, and save more people across America.

We have got to fix this broken immigration system that we have in the United States.

If we don't have enough folks come into the country, GDP doesn't grow.

the restrictions in terms that are being enacted really are targeted so that certain communities cannot--cannot--succeed in getting that beautiful portrait of themselves in Congress

If the previous question is defeated, we will amend the rule to immediately consider my bill, H.R. 471, the PAUSE Act, which will preserve and protect Title 42 health restrictions at the border. The border is in flames, and this crisis is…

I rise also in strong opposition to this resolution, as it is yet another attempt by my Democratic colleagues to nickel and dime the most essential industry in my district out of business. The energy policies of the Biden administration…

I would also like to bring to this body's attention that this resolution will actually put New Mexico on the same playing field as the rest of the country because, as I noted earlier, New Mexico has now adopted some of the strictest…

I do welcome everybody in this Chamber to New Mexico, which is indeed one of the beautiful places that I get to call home. But you know what, New Mexico, my beautiful place I call home is also ground zero for the climate crisis. The West…

But essentially, those elections took place with maps that were later found to be unlawful, and, therefore, Native Americans did not have the kind of representation for 7 years while laws were being passed.

the failure to have representation often leads to policies, legislative policies, that don't assist those particular communities.

But I think that is a huge issue, is respecting Tribal boundaries and respecting Tribal communities of interest, and some redistricting bodies do not do that.

The witness testimony today and in our earlier hearings laid out multiple examples of how after the Shelby County decision communities were forced to bring Section 2 cases as States formerly under preclearance immediately passed laws--or…