Most technology that we now benefit from, all the way from GPS to other areas, were developed by Federal agencies through the use of an investment and then private entities were able to do much more with commercializing or finding those…
Ben Ray Luján
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Ben Ray Luján is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from New Mexico since January 3, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2021. Luján has focused on various issues during his tenure, including economic development, healthcare, and tribal food security, advocating for policies that support New Mexico's diverse communities.
I appreciate that, and one area, Mr. Chairman, that we've been able to do some work in an area that was completely ignored, which was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure package, was to plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells.
I certainly hope that we can find that way back, because a lot of folks support Starbucks because the employees were treated well.
I understand that Starbucks has a widespread pattern of reducing worker hours in stores that have unionized.
Well, that is not my understanding. I would be happy to send something into the record.
Much of the written testimony for this hearing focuses on the financial risks and stranded assets.
I certainly hope that everyone else will catch up with what we can be doing in that space.
I am very concerned about the lack of basic utilities for too many brothers and sisters across the Country.
I venture to say there is more than 16,800 homes on the Navajo Nation that don't have electricity.
I have had a terrible time also trying to get accurate data on the number of tribal homes that don't have electricity or don't have broadband.
I would like to highlight for the witnesses and for my fellow Committee members, another type of stranded risk.
Just for 30 seconds, can I be recognized to submit a letter into the record from the Albuquerque store that sent it to Mr. Schultz?





