"I appreciate the investments."
"Do you think there is enough investment within the budget that you are proposing to deal with this extreme weather?"
"We need significant investments in our crumbling dams, irrigation infrastructure, acequias, and the restoration of our precious ecosystems."
"We need to ensure--which will take our work, here in Congress--that we change the operations of our water management systems to take climate change into consideration."
"We have a tremendous opportunity with the budget, infrastructure, and reconciliation processes that are happening now to make an investment in water and in our communities."
"I want to thank you for wasting no time in improving our Nation's conservation and Native American policies."
"The historic significance of this moment should not be lost."
"I supported Secretary Haaland's nomination because we need someone with her experience, her compassion, her intelligence, and her fair-mindedness."
"The attributes that qualify her as Secretary of the Interior--compassion, experience, intelligence, and fair-mindedness--is precisely what our country needs at this moment in time."
"Compassion, not the pursuit of a quick buck, is what defines this country at its best."
"I completely support the President's budget request."
"I believe that the DOI has been chronically underfunded for a long, long time."