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

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.

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

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.

the Federal Communications Commission Schools and Libraries program, commonly known as E-Rate, has helped connect our schools and libraries to highspeed broadband. Recent changes allowed for schools to pay for Wi-Fi on campuses…

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 think it is dangerous and destabilizing and should end immediately.

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

Since President Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the JCPOA, there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of the U.S. using military force against Iran, a possibility that is concerning to me and many of my colleagues.

We must be clear about the baseline we are considering approving so that we do not end up in the situation where we are today with AUMFs being stretched to the point of breaking.

Congress has not approved the use of military action against Iran, but, more importantly, the power to wage war was intentionally restrained by writers of the Constitution.

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

Is that not the role of Congress that the Constitution calls for?

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

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?

when there is cooperation on all fronts in Cuba, I think Americans do better and Cubans do better.

This administration's use of military force against the Government of Syria, Congress has not declared war on, or authorized the use of military force against, this nation's government.

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