And there is no doubt in my mind that this is another distributed technology that can be brought down the cost curve.

In New Mexico, we have got not only the resources, but the skilled workers from the oil and gas industry.

I appreciate that very much.

I think transformers are a real, as you know, bottleneck right now and something we should be making here for our own security.

I am pushing for a $125 million carveout to start funding demonstration projects for advanced geothermal technology.

I recently introduced a bipartisan bill to improve our weather and climate models so we could be prepared before a disaster strikes.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Kamlager-Dove).

Madam Speaker, I urge support for my motion so that the Natural Resources Committee can consider this amendment, this time in good faith.

Madam Speaker, last week, House Republicans tried to pass H.R. 2925 to make it easier for the biggest mining corporations to take our public lands and mineral resources without giving the American people a dime. I filed a motion to send…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2925, and I will remind my friends across the aisle that mining is already happening on American lands and on our public lands…

Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Porter).

Madam Speaker, I would like to insert my side eye, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez).

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, nays 195, not voting 19, as follows…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2925, which rolls out the welcome mat to our foreign adversaries to exploit our minerals and violate human rights as well as national…

Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Leger Fernandez of New Mexico moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2925 to the…

I would also like to express our appreciation to Representative Gabe Vasquez for introducing the bipartisan legislation to extend the Federal Employee Retirement System benefits to the teachers and staff of the tribally-controlled schools.

If there is any reason to advocate for an increase in BIE funding, there it is. We need to pay our teachers an equitable salary.