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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

I hope that is somewhere we can have a more robust conversation, look at methodology, understand what may or may not be occurring in that space so that we can move forward with funding, especially given the decision that came down from the…

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

I would also like to point out that maintenance of project infrastructure is just as important as constructing it.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

The answer should be yes. We hear the problems with tribe after tribe;

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

Yesterday I was proud to introduce legislation to waive 50 percent cost share for tribe for WaterSMART grants.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

Cost shares, lack of support technically, or agencies not working together results in projects not being completed.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

It is very odd to be having what appears to be a New York City County and City Council meeting in the chambers of the House Natural Resources Committee.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

We have a law that needs to be addressed, and we have a migrant issue that needs to be addressed.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

There should be data that we can rely on that progress is being made.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

What we are actually doing is making this problem worse, rather than solving it, so that we could then have some political theater around it.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

It was, in fact, the city of New York that requested this lease. It was not the Federal Government.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

If we do not actually provide the Biden administration with the funds, because we shut the Federal Government down...

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

The question on America's minds is will Congress pass legislation so that we can continue paying our Federal employees...

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Sep 26, 2023

We actually need more funding to make sure we can adequately protect the parks and the people who attend them.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Sep 21, 2023

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 20, 2023

The wealthiest 400 billionaires... paid 8.2 percent of in effective individual income taxes, which is significantly lower than most other Americans pay today.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 20, 2023

It seems like old inequalities that existed before the pandemic snapped back after pandemic programs expired.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Sep 20, 2023

Recent census data show that after the pandemic relief programs... resulted in a sobering 15 million people in poverty.

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