I think it is important for people to realize that these are not one-time emergencies.

We also know that affordable housing is a major challenge, not just in my home State of New Mexico, but really across the Nation.

More than 500 family in New Mexico alone, and 65,000 families across the Nation, could lose access to affordable housing over the next 10 years.

The programs and activities of this Department affect every single American, from farmers, and rural communities, to children and families who depend on healthy and nutritious food.

This subcommittee must ensure that USDA has the resources you need to fulfill your broad and absolutely critical mission.

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his visit to my district. I also invite the gentleman to the northern part because, at New Mexico Highlands University, we have an excellent forestry department where we are looking at the center of…

I don't know how we got here, but we need to fix it.

I think it is important for people to realize that these are not one-time emergencies.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 20220 the following: SEC. 20221. STAFFING PLANS. (a) In General.--Not later than 365…

I appreciate the opportunity to debate and consider my amendment to encourage local hiring and recruitment, but I also want to note my disappointment that my friends across the aisle rejected any consideration of my other two amendments on…

Unless we decouple, unless we figure out ways in which we can encourage reinvestment back in these facilities, and continue to provide housing that is affordable for folks, we are going to have a serious problem in communities.

Most technology that we now benefit from, all the way from GPS to other areas, were developed by Federal agencies through the use of an investment and then private entities were able to do much more with commercializing or finding those…

I venture to say there is more than 16,800 homes on the Navajo Nation that don't have electricity.

I am very concerned about the lack of basic utilities for too many brothers and sisters across the Country.

It is similar to when people come in and tell me, we had a virtual meeting on how many of you don't have broadband.

These financial risks are real and need to be managed, but I want to focus on another area.

It is similar to when people come in and tell me, we had a virtual meeting on how many of you don't have broadband.

I have had a terrible time also trying to get accurate data on the number of tribal homes that don't have electricity or don't have broadband.