The approval of the amendment proposed by Congressman Grijalva is critical for the sustainability of the University of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is right now the quintessential 'canary in the mine,' not only because of its island condition and geographical location in the path of possible more frequent and stronger extreme weather events, but also because its current…

I continue to believe this Federal law relies on austerity measures that severely impact the quality of life of ordinary Puerto Ricans, to achieve its goals of debt reduction and balanced budgets.

The misrepresentations of the Constitution that a lot of the anti-government, anti-public land activists on this issue rely on...

I appreciate that, and I appreciate the Chair holding this hearing, because it is about the health and safety of the agency employees.

My question is if the administration believes that the national school lunch program is so successful, why are you proposing a rule that would remove nearly a million children from that program?

And, you know, I don't know how we can reconcile telling these kids and I don't know whose families are struggling they should no longer have access to food while they're trying to learn each day.

And when they voice their concerns, they are dismissed as, quote, 'outside forces or, special interest groups.'

So this is why I suggest, if you are going to write up more legislation, you should probably have active participation and actually invite Tribes since you yourself do not even know how many Tribes are in Arizona.

You have been a State representative and a State senator elected I think since 2010, and you are crafting legislation that affects Native Americans, but you don't know how many federally recognized Tribes are in Arizona.

the administration, this administration tried, on the same issue of voting and integrity had, I think, Chris Kobach or somebody run a committee for a while that went nowhere, and then quietly, and thank God, it disappeared into the night.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the Native American Voting Rights Act, and this hearing has shown today why we need it.