Social Security is an incredibly effective anti-poverty program.

Just to follow up on the Vice Chair's comments, I very much appreciate that line of questioning.

Social Security keeps 22 million Americans out of poverty.

We need to get water to everybody's home on Navajo.

Social Security lifts over 1 million children out of poverty each year.

We must work together to address the challenges facing our tribal communities.

Social Security keeps 22 million Americans out of poverty.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is the benefit of being new here. I should have followed the wisdom of my more senior colleagues and included my opening statement with my introduction of the president.

Intervene on behalf of their citizens regarding the actions of the Bureau of Land Management on the leasing of certain parcels of public lands for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Social Security Disability and Survivors is one of most impactful anti-poverty programs for children.

Our future revenue loss could be as much as $200 million, although we do not know the exact number because it depends on the oil prices and the quality of the wells.

Just to follow up on the Vice Chair's comments, I very much appreciate that line of questioning.

In the last 2 years, we have authorized billions of dollars for Indian Country and Navajo for investments in roads, water, electricity, and broadband.

Social Security Disability and Survivors is one of most impactful anti-poverty programs for children.

Social Security helps 50 million American seniors stay out of poverty.

The Pueblo people are tied to this place through their lineage, through their songs, through their prayers.

I also was proud to work with colleagues and secure congressionally directed spending in Fiscal Year 2022 for the City of Gallup to drill a new well.

For too long, the American Federal Government has facilitated and benefited from the destruction of our sacred lands.