In some sense, the Department of Labor is there to serve as backstop, because individual workers who might be stiffed fo...
What we are talking about here is the United States Department of Labor.
Yes or no, do you believe in separation of powers and that the Department of Labor does not pass laws and instead only i...
We really want to take what happened in these horrible 2 years of suffering through this pandemic, and not just forget a...
I think it is important because it represents not only the Department of the Interior's act to solidify that connection....
Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Secretary, has made restoration of tribal homelands one of her top prio...
As a Head Start alumnus, I know the value of high-quality early childhood education and believe that Congress should be ...
Head Start, pre-K, and childcare programs have a profound return on investment, as has been pointed out today.
I hope that we all agree is that the wages that early childhood educators make is very, very low.
Under the leadership of our Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico has pursued a bold, transformational vision.
Now, New Mexico became the first state in the Nation, along with D.C., to use this alternative methodology to set rates.
These low market rates keep wages low, revenues low, and supply low.
I think that is one show of success when we measure access to these programs and what it means as well.
they are a moral and an actual legal trust responsibility of the Federal Government to make good on our promises to prot...
it is ironic that we are having this conversation in this Committee, because I have sat here for the last several months...
there are thousands of New Mexicans, multi-generational families in New Mexico, who are living with the legacy of cancer...
I had the tremendous opportunity last fall to go join the rest of the delegation and both pueblo and Navajo leaders at C...
We know you traveled at great lengths to get here, and we are really grateful that you are able to be with us.
