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New Mexicans know the true cost of uranium mining. Across our state, abandoned uranium mines have poisoned our land, threatened our water, and harmed generations of families.

The communities of the Chama Valley – acequia farmers, Land Grant communities, Tribal members, ranchers, and rural families – have cared for their land and water for generations.

Farmers, ranchers, and families across the country are hurting. This is our opportunity to support families, strengthen rural America, and ensure our producers have the tools they need to succeed.

The Farm Bill must meet the needs of families and farmers in New Mexico and across America. This Republican bill fails to do so.

I know the value of Head Start, it got me to the U.S. Senate.

I think today, unfortunately, we are not finding that balance. We are not moving forward on legislation from many of my colleagues that would conserve public lands in their states in the way that their communities would like to see.

But that work cannot be one-sided—only advancing bills that remove protections, and not those that add them.

If you heat your house with natural gas directly, those prices are going to go up.

At a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, this administration should be focused on making energy affordable and increasing grid capacity — not hamstringing a program that has consistently reduced bills for American families.

The Chama watershed is too precious to sell off to a foreign corporation. At a time when every drop of clean water matters, we should protect the rivers that sustain our communities—not open the door for a foreign mining corporation to…

These cherished lands and waters must be protected for future generations. That is why I’m leading this legislation to permanently withdraw the Chama Watershed from mineral development.

We will not allow a foreign mining company to threaten the Chama Watershed with radioactive uranium waste. That is unacceptable.

The votes don't exist and some of our colleagues just don't know how to count sometimes.

They want to rewrite the history of this country and take away the resources and leadership of people who have fought, marched and served this country for generations.

Chairman Carr’s move to get rid of the ownership cap is a move to circumvent Congress’s authority and further consolidate media power in the hands of a handful of massive broadcast conglomerates,

Back off. The Chama Watershed belongs to the acequia parciantes, Tribal communities, ranchers, and rural families who care for and depend on this landscape and its water — not a foreign mining company looking to exploit it for profit.

Military technology definitely had a role to play in the flight path of this tragic crash.

I strongly oppose this decision to circumvent Congress and will continue fighting to protect localism, competition, and the public interest.