An issue that concerns me is the impact of fake, mass-produced goods that are marketed as authentic Indian arts and crafts on the local economy.

I too support the modernization of the Act to better protect the artists and the Indian art industry.

For centuries, the United States used cultural appropriation as a tool of colonization.

So it was a big problem then. But now I understand that as much as 80 percent of those goods are likely counterfeit and therefore being sold in violation of Federal law.

There is a tremendous need for that.

And so it sounds like that could be the difference.

Thank you so much, Miss Begay-Foss.

But I imagine this access presents the challenges with respect to online sales of Native arts and crafts and IACA enforcement.

A network of swindlers are making millions of dollars off the backs of Native Americans.

The scope of the counterfeiting problem is far larger than expected.

Thank you, Senator Heinrich so much, and thank you for your good, hard work on the STOP Act, which is for the protection of cultural patrimony.

Do you think it would be helpful to dedicate resources to improving fraudulent--to looking at the fraudulent online sales?

I rise to defend the essential healthcare that 300,000 New Mexicans and millions of Americans depend on. Leader McConnell calls his TrumpCare bill the Better Care Reconciliation Act, but actually the bill will mean worse care for seniors…

I could not agree with you more that the budget on this water infrastructure is a step backwards.

I think water should be at the top of it and be a part of that.

For the people of New Mexico, this lack of investments is concerning.

I could not agree more. I did notice however that the fiscal year 2018 budget proposes to cut funding for the Navajo- Gallup Water Settlement by over $20 million dollars compared to fiscal year 2017.

Drought in the American West deserves real attention, funding, and creative solutions to address how we are going to do more with less water in the era of climate change.