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

I appreciate that very much.

I believe that we now need to do the same for components of our power grid, things like transformers.

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

we need to be smarter about what reprocessing would look like

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 Committee on Natural…

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

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: [Roll No…

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 the bill back to…

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

If we don't fund those, we are not living up to the commitments we have made.

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.

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.

We are also here today to debate Republicans' terrible mining rule, which would open millions of acres of public lands to foreign-owned mining companies. I find it ridiculous that we are here today because, just last week, this House voted…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are here today because Republicans think appliances have more rights than people and because they think that creating and perpetuating nonsense culture war issues will win them votes…

There was a train derailment in New Mexico recently, a few days ago.

I appreciate this hearing for several reasons.

Climate change is a serious threat to our wellbeing and to our economy.