It is unconscionable in this century that we still have communities and families across the Navajo Nation and other tribal communities that do not have access to safe drinking water.

I believe this environmental justice is not intended to save our environment as much it is a movement for power.

The Mexican Grey Wolf recovery program in Southwest New Mexico is causing serious damage to our ranching and farming community.

Thank you, Senator Smith.

$3 billion would go a long way in providing all the funding necessary to complete all those projects.

This is obviously very eye opening, and my first question is for Mr. Hawkins.

As we diminish the jobs that are especially prevalent in New Mexico, what we are doing is we are transferring energy independence or energy dependence on China.

I appreciate the work being done to improve health services for our tribes.

The health, and well-being, and resilience of our communities depend on it.

We need accurate weather forecasting and effective data gathering to predict these weather events.

climate change is already impacting communities across the United States.

Viruses don't respect international borders, and for interconnected border states like New Mexico, our physical and economic health depends on international cooperation.

I certainly hope that we can stop the spread of misinformation, that we can listen to the experts, and save more people across America.

If we don't have enough folks come into the country, GDP doesn't grow.

We have got to fix this broken immigration system that we have in the United States.

the restrictions in terms that are being enacted really are targeted so that certain communities cannot--cannot--succeed in getting that beautiful portrait of themselves in Congress

The witness testimony today and in our earlier hearings laid out multiple examples of how after the Shelby County decision communities were forced to bring Section 2 cases as States formerly under preclearance immediately passed laws--or…

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