Student athletes are the driving force behind a $19 billion industry, yet 86 percent of them live under the poverty line.

I am committed to getting reliable broadband and other basic utilities to Helene and her family.

I want to start with the statement and just say how deeply unsatisfied I am with the current WOTUS rule.

I have seen border wall built in some of the most insane and unrealistic areas where, frankly, it is the wrong solution.

The upcoming legislation puts New Mexico at the forefront on this national issue.

If you need additional authorities, please ask for them, because I think this is critical.

Yes or no, will you commit to working with me in your role as Assistant Secretary to support tribal governments in creating complete censuses of households on tribal lands and lack basic utility infrastructure?

I personally had to go down to moderate a meeting between FEMA, the Navajo Nation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the local county government to try to figure out what was going on and make sure we could expend those funds.

I very much appreciate that the Biden administration is devoting significant resources into addressing the substance use disorder crisis.

I'm actually working on Federal legislation to create a grants program under the Department of Labor in consultation with the national endowment for the arts to put creatives to work.

For there is always light, if only we were brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.

He has already worked to help some farmers in New Mexico, in Rio Rico County, a predominantly Hispanic community, that were really treated unfairly under the Trump administration.

I would argue there is every tool that is required right now to get this done, but what we need is rule promulgation so that way we can make sure we are helping these family farms.

historically the Department of Agriculture has faced charges and been found liable in court of discriminatory practices against socially disadvantaged communities.

I definitely look forward to working with you when you are confirmed, and learning how Congress and the USDA can provide additional support and resources to these communities.

I know that I speak for many of my colleagues when I say the Federal response to PFAS contamination has been inadequate.

I think this is a place that warrants additional focus, and particularly the idea of making sure that families can keep their base properties as well as part of the process of resolving some of these conflicts.

I think your concept of marrying up the need for firefighters throughout much of the year now, if not the entire year, with restoration as well, so that we can get the forests back in a condition where prescribed fire can actually be used…