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Every American deserves the freedom and dignity to live independently and be part of their community.

The basin should not be forced to choose between stabilizing the present and negotiating the future.

Taxpayers deserve a full explanation of how these failures occurred and who will be held accountable for correcting them.

I think it’s fair to say that there’s probably not a single New Mexican whose life has not been touched in some way by the fentanyl and opioid and addiction crisis in New Mexico.

When disasters, market disruptions, and other challenges threaten their livelihoods, growers deserve a reliable process for getting the emergency assistance they need.

We appreciate that bipartisan provisions have been included in the discussion draft and stand ready to work with Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan Farm Bill that both meets the moment and can be successful on the Senate Floor.

This bill does not address the devastating cuts to SNAP or the shift to state taxpayers passed into law as part of HR 1.

Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats have been clear that a Farm Bill must meet the needs of both farmers and families across America.

Women deserve the freedom to make their own health care decisions without interference from politicians.

Today marks four years since the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, undermining 50 years of legal precedent, allowing Republican politicians to interfere in personal health care decisions, and stripping…

Too many students leave college before finishing because they face academic, financial, and personal challenges without support,

Getting students to college is only part of the equation — we also need to make sure they have the tools and support to finish,

In fiscal year 2026 Congress provided $1.6 million in funding to the Office of Insular Affairs, in part just to strengthen the Department's presence in the territories and COFA countries.

How important is territorial support before any deep sea mining actually proceeds?

I want to shift real quickly to international conservation funding, those accounts have been stalled. Secretary Burgum recently promised Senator Merkley during an interior appropriations hearing that international funding would move.

Mr. Lilly, we now have 12 reported new world screwworm infestations in the continental United States. I frankly worry that there could be many more infestations in the wildlife populations as opposed to livestock that have not been…

We passed the bill and did our part, now the president needs to do his: sign this legislation into law NOW.

Right now, New Mexicans are being priced out of a place to live.