Do our communities and businesses in New Mexico experience economic costs from climate-induced extreme ocean warming?

Improving our ocean modeling capabilities isn't just important for protecting our ocean economies.

I very much appreciate the calling of this hearing, Mr. Chairman.

I was very proud to introduce a piece of legislation with Senator Blackburn to improve access to the fastest computers in America to help us better understand the ocean models to build advanced models.

Improving our ocean modeling capabilities isn't just important for protecting our ocean economies.

The challenge of rapidly changing ocean conditions requires further research and development, using tools like cutting edge super computers and AI.

Oceans industries like fisheries and tourism need accurate forecasts to be able to plan ahead for the next day's weather and adapt to changing seasonal ocean patterns.

Would improved forecasts of weather and ocean conditions allow my constituents to plan for severe weather and save them money and potentially save lives?

I very much appreciate the calling of this hearing, Mr. Chairman.

The reason why we value diversity in the workforce is because our society is diverse.

Telework and remote policy actually works, and it works well.

Today's Republican bills are part of their extreme agenda to create a Federal abortion ban. The first bill, H.R. 6918, would divert Federal funding used to help feed and house poor families and give it to anti-abortion centers. The…

We do not want this nuclear waste site in our state.

And for far too long we have had exclusionary policies and practices that did not allow people of color, women, like me, to serve in positions, and that is reflected across our Federal workforce.

We are facing real challenges in this country, and the Department of the Interior... are doing everything from managing fish and wildlife to our national parks.

This is an issue that is crucial to New Mexico, to my district, and something that the people of my district feel very passionately about.

It is out of order to dump nuclear waste in our communities.

There definitely has to be some reconciliation, because what we do not want to experience is becoming wards of our state.