I really want to get to the bottom of that, especially with the rampant collection of data from individuals as well.

I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, and I will say thank you for whatever our tribes can get.

The future that Washington described was not one where Congress dictated to us how to conduct ourselves on our own land.

I look forward to highlighting the pueblo's leadership in exercising this jurisdiction and how the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act I introduced today will fill in many of the gaps left in place by the 2013 VAWA.

I think it is very important for the Committee's wishes to be respected, which are done in a bipartisan way.

This bill would have $97.5 million available every year through a non-competitive grant program that the Tribes want to work out directly with BIA, and it is a game changer.

I have been very proud to team up with my Republican colleague from Missouri, Senator Roy Blunt, on this bipartisan legislation.

Senator Heinrich's and Senator Blunt's bill is the game changer that we need to ensure the full diversity of wildlife survives and thrives.

Thank you very much, Chair Blackburn, and want to thank everyone for calling this important hearing.

We have a once in a generation opportunity to change this paradigm and save thousands of species with a solution that matches the magnitude of the challenge.

I want my grandchildren to experience the same wonder I had as a child catching leopard frogs, watching fireflies light up the dark.

We are separate sovereigns, with inherent plenary authority over our reservations. No one can take that away from us.

I was proud to introduce the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act to provide more support and authority under Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction over non-Indians in domestic violence situations involving children and…

Today, I rise to honor a great friend of mine, a true patriot in New Mexico, Representative Dianne Hamilton, who passed away very recently at the age of 87 after serving for 18 years in the New Mexico House. Dianne was more than a…

Given the impacts of PFAS in our communities, and communities across the country, and particularly in New Mexico, it's vital that we advance coordination and advanced science and research on the impacts, cleanup, and alternatives to PFAS…

It's just so urgent that expedite this research and development, and then expedite the cleanup of these communities.

Our dairies in particular, and the dairy industry, as one of our leading agricultural industries, has been just devastated. Thousands of gallons of milk have been dumped, and people's livelihoods have been destroyed by this contamination.

PFAS has also been detected in water bodies throughout our State, and we are just beginning to scratch the surface in understanding the full picture of this contamination, the fate and transport of the contaminants within our communities…