Ben Ray Luján

When it comes to broadband, too many Americans have been left behind.

Medicaid is a critical program across the Nation, and especially in my home State of New Mexico.

I believe deeply in Medicaid's mission of improving access to health care, better health outcomes, greater financial security.

Does--do members of Congress have to seek Freedom of Information Act requests to Federal agencies to get data?

Telecommunications policy has a long history of being made on a bipartisan basis, and I would hate to see the polarization that defined so many of our policy debates dominate our efforts on this Subcommittee.

I appreciate the subcommittee's willingness to hold this important legislative hearing on H.R. 5176, a bill I have sponsored with Representative Cynthia Lummis.

We appreciate their efforts and hope that this committee will act on the legislation before the end of this Congress.

The authorization provided to the Secretary by this legislation will not only resolve certain preference right lease applications, but will also help resolve a tribal trust obligation to the Navajo Nation that has been unresolved for four…

H.R. 5176 provides a mechanism to retire these remaining PRLAs.

H.R. 5176, that authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination.

President Obama is in support of an open Internet, and I would encourage you to speak with him.

Every life that is lost as a result of this is one life too many.

This is a problem plaguing America.

It was in many conservative and rural parts of America that benefited from Government investment with rural electrification.

I explained to him that, you know, these last flights home, it has been great to see the TSA debating whether we can make phone calls at 30,000 feet.

This is an important hearing that we are having today. Quite an exciting time, as we talk about the ability to change the way that we can take advantage of modern technology to ensure that first responders have the tools that they need.

I've signed onto a letter to you led by my colleague, Representative Raul Ruiz out of California, to request that you prioritize fraud-prevention efforts.

I hope that we all agree we want this Web site fixed.

If I am going to make an investment in my home to put a digital receiver so that I can receive the broadcast feed off of that, then should I be open to what is being suggested by the chairman and the ranking member to say that I have made…

And I say that because the broadcasters know I still have a lot of concerns about orphan counties.

Mr. Chairman, thank you so much. And I also appreciate the fact that everyone has gotten together to encourage a broader conversation in this space.

A feed in New York City is different than a feed in New Mexico.

The conversation that we are having today, as complex as it is, but a reality that hits everyone across this country...

I thank Ms. Eshoo for her wisdom, as well as for her submissions.

The Rio Grande del Norte: One Hundred New Mexicans Speak for a Legacy, and urging support for H.R. 1241.