Tom O'Halleran

It is clear that these wildfires are getting worse. It is a problem that needs to be addressed from all angles.

Arizona is ready to be a leading player in this industry.

If we don't get it in rural America, we are going to continue to have a problem with losing residents instead of keeping them.

Changing energy economies means that rural communities like those in my district with generating stations have lost and will continue to lose jobs as coal becomes less economically viable.

I greatly appreciate this Committee's focus on closing the digital divide, which still impacts far too many Americans in rural America and Indian Country.

The lack of bipartisan solutions to our national infrastructure has cost communities billions of dollars in economic activity and put the lives of children and families across the Nation in danger.

Rebuilding roads and highways in rural and tribal areas must be a priority for any upcoming infrastructure package.

Nationally, 43 percent of America's public roads are in poor condition, and safety risks will continue to increase without action.

Rebuilding roads and highways in rural and Tribal areas must be a priority for any upcoming infrastructure package.

Two people die in Arizona every day.

The authorization of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine gives America hope, but we must continue to follow the CDC guidelines in the United States.

Our citizens are not expendable. We are all--should be treated equally in healthcare also.

Historically, Federal policy has unacceptably left the needs of the Native American communities behind.

Quite frankly, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has not been adequate for our Tribal Nations, our communities of color...

We must address the health crisis head-on if we want to tackle the economic crisis that has overtaken our country.

While Arizona continues to grow its power generation from solar and hydro, today's hearing has informed us how smaller nuclear reactors of the future may develop to serve rural and underserved communities with clean and affordable power.

I would like to highlight the need for the Corps to keep working with rural communities to reduce the threats they face from catastrophic flooding.

Diversity and the free expression of such viewpoints is a bedrock of our democracy.

Delaying it would be irresponsible and a waste of taxpayer dollars already expended that could result in huge losses of property and increase the risk of the loss of life and creation of public health and safety issues.

I have continually stressed that a top priority for Congress should be securing our U.S. elections.

Eighty percent of the water still goes downstream instead of into the reservoir that they built, and we still haven't been able to get that corrected.

There is a real crisis in making sure we keep our family farms.

A lack of broadband access means life and death in rural America.

Unfortunately for Indian Country, the FCC's latest Tribal broadband report showed that 36 percent of Tribal households lacked access to any broadband, which is simply unacceptable in today's age.

I don't understand a country that was able to get telephone to every bit of this country is in this situation today.