What is clear to me is that there are provisions included in this legislation that support the restoration of the Rio Chama and the bosque, which I appreciate and I applaud.

I know everyone listening today who is paying attention to this important hearing, there should be no question of the broad support that Vice Chair Murkowski has on this legislation.

It is good to see both of you. Thank you for this important conversation.

Community after community was devastated and destroyed, not because of Mother Nature.

I appreciate the willingness of the Department of the Interior in working with me and my office to address prohibitions impacting the settlements from being able to fully see the potential of the funds.

Thank you to both you and the Ranking Member for this important hearing.

The bill sponsored and introduced by Senator Lujan of the New Mexico delegation, S.

The fire scar, the monsoons, the flash flooding, the debris flows, septics, in this area there is not a wastewater system.

I believe Suspicious Activity Reports are a tool to help stop illicit financing.

It's hard for me to understand without seeing disaggregated data how the program grows exponentially from 2.2 over a 30 year period to 75 percent higher.

Even the author of this legislation, may he rest in peace, the former Senator from Utah, Warren Hatch, he referenced this before he passed away about the mistakes that were made in this legislation.