Today alone, my state will lose out on approximately $2 million in tax revenue due to a backlog of applications for permit to drill by the Bureau of Land Management in just our state.

I want to thank you for going down, as you have done with other natural disasters in New Mexico.

We need to get some answers here, because we cannot just push back on estimates that are being put forth.

Each backlogged permit represents New Mexicans losing out on good-paying jobs and rural communities losing out on economic growth.

I believe in partnership with the tribes, the schools and the BIE, we can work together try to access those resources.

Do you see the problem with granting greater access to polluting industries than impacted communities?

It is pretty simple that it is a yes-or-no answer here.

And you are not the only one that has been doing these ugly things, these horrific things, these scandal-plagued things in this administration.

I hope this is one of many hearings that this committee will have so we can get to the bottom of this.

Are you the EPA Administrator?

Public office is a public trust and I think flying coach is the least we can do to deserve that trust.

Do you understand that you have a responsibility to protect the health and environment of low-income, minority, tribal, and indigenous communities?