But my chief concern is this: part of the reason we are here today is that our Republican colleagues seem to be gearing up for yet another attempt to repeal the ACA.

Thank you for the indulgence of allowing me to sit on the Committee today.

We need to get some answers here, because we cannot just push back on estimates that are being put forth.

I think that the notion that there can be public comment when there are no requirements is one of the challenges that we have that we need to correct.

Each backlogged permit represents New Mexicans losing out on good-paying jobs and rural communities losing out on economic growth.

The traditional idea is that war at its base is an extension of politics.

They are very expansive claims, and I think a lot of us thought that the Libya opinion was about as aggressive and as expansive as one could be, and that was only topped last week with the one on Syria.

I find that OLC opinion extremely alarming.

If the Federal Government is losing $1.3 billion per year from New Mexico alone, it should concern all of us to think what the national loss in revenue must be.

Today alone, my state will lose out on approximately $2 million in tax revenue due to a backlog of applications for permit to drill by the Bureau of Land Management in just our state.

I want to thank you for going down, as you have done with other natural disasters in New Mexico.

This is yet another example, over 50 years, failed isolationist policies towards Cuba.

Given that the President refuses to disclose his tax returns, how can you assure the American people that American foreign policy is free of his personal conflicts of interest?

The United States embargo prevents Cuba from leasing U.S. planes and parts.

I want to offer my condolences to the people of Cuba and to those who perished on the flight from Havana last week.

I think it was naive to pull out of the Iran agreement, and I think, in the end, we will be worse off for it.

I want to express my strong support for Peace Colombia.

Congress has failed to exert its legitimate constitutional authority, even in the face of the most clearly unauthorized use of military force to date.