The National Park Service should work with Congress to develop a more active, efficient management strategy for the National Park System.

I really wish I could say that caring for our veterans is a bipartisan issue, something we all agree on. Instead, for the first time in years, the appropriations for military construction and VA will not be bipartisan because my colleagues…

we look forward to proposed legislation from Senator Luján to address issues related to Tribal food security.

there is a double-edged sword in that having that Federal recognition and protection of these beautiful and important places brings greater attention and protection, but also brings, as you stated, over-love of some of those spaces

The southwest U.S. faces upwards of $1.4 trillion in lost gross domestic product (GDP) between 2022 and 2050 due to risks and costs of projected water scarcity challenges.

I hope we can strength it and learn from it.

the reason we had to go recess is actually because the Majority could not succeed in passing an appropriations bill

the Inflation Reduction Act, of course, was the largest investment in climate change accompanying the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

what do you see are the biggest challenges and opportunities to really address these challenges going forward?

We need to ensure that our policies reflect the voices of Native Americans.

These are important, but we need to ensure that everyone can access them.

Thank you for the time today.

we look forward to proposed legislation from Senator Lujan to address issues related to Tribal food security.

I hope we can strength it and learn from it.

Likewise, added flexibility to source regional and local ingredients can help support more, as we have seen, with those Title I programs.

I am proud to introduce the Tribal Nutrition Flexibility Act and the Tribal Nutrition Program Administration Act to improve FDPIR.

Thank you to our Chair and Vice Chair for this important conversation as more and more legislation is being established and built.

I appreciate that very much.