one of the greatest challenges that we face in New Mexico, and many rural states face, is the difficulty of getting healthy, fresh, and nutritious foods to rural areas and food deserts, especially Indian Country.

There needs to be parallel efforts to think about the marketing and the education in connecting buyers.

Madam President, I also rise today to oppose the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I believe the President should be able to assemble his or her own team, and I understand that elections…

Madam President, I would like to just read a couple of paragraphs from the letter. On behalf of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaskan Native organization…

Mr. President, I yield back the time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Mulvaney nomination?

Madam President, on August 5, 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage laden with heavy metals and other contaminants were released into Cement Creek by an Environmental Protection Agency contractor investigating contamination at the…

Mr. President, I wish to oppose the confirmation of Congressman Mick Mulvaney as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I respect Mr. Mulvaney's public service representing the people of South Carolina, who elected him to serve…

The focus of all of our conversations ought to be on the incentives, and I don't want to lose momentum.

The core issue is that we want the flexibility for states and rural communities and communities to really figure out how to do it.

We have programs at WIC, we have programs at Head Start that are uniquely focused on SNAP-Education.

Mexico's economic minister has recently reported that if a border tax like that is put on Mexican goods, they would immediately seek retaliation.

A WalletHub study recently ranked my home state number four on the list of states that could be hardest hit by a trade war with Mexico.

In my view, building this wall could send a message to foreign companies that the border is closed for business.

Now, I very much support investing in infrastructure, but there is one massive infrastructure project proposed by President Trump I'm not very excited about, and that's a border wall with Mexico.

This wall could cost $21.6 billion, and that's with a 'B,' $21.6 billion.

President Trump seems to be leading us to a trade war with Mexico.

Mr. President, I rise today to oppose the nomination of Congressman Tom Price to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. I oppose the nomination because Mr. Price wants to dismantle America's health care system--with…

The Federal Government response to Gold King has been one of the most frustrating things I have seen the Navajo Nation go through in my time in Congress.