Martin Heinrich

In the interest of getting to the second panel, we are going to skip a second round.

It is also the highest request level since fiscal year 2012.

The Department has sent over a budget request of $12.15 billion for the Military Construction and Family Housing accounts.

This year, with the addition of a witness from the Space Force, our hearing will consist of two panels.

I included design funding, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, at Kirtland Air Force Base, and I am pleased that full funding for the construction project has been identified in the FYDP.

Would like to be able to work with you to develop some guidelines for what might be an appropriate cost share in this case.

I want to ask that you would work with NRCS to make sure that they can meet that urgent need.

I want to make sure that the USDA is fully prepared to assist affected communities, and mitigate potential flood damages before this year's upcoming monsoon season.

The New Mexico delegation actually requested that President Biden waive the Federal cost share for FEMA assistance.

I hope the committee will look at this, as we have had a number of places around the country where there has been a direct conflict between taking land out of production to do renewable projects.

I would also just ask that you look closely at FSA, and make sure that they are able to get on the ground.

I look forward to working together on this year's appropriations to ensure that veterans have access to the benefits, services, and supports they need and earned.

I believe these closures would have a dire impact on veterans in some of the areas that I'm most familiar with.

I agree that providing care for veterans should not come at the expense of other critical domestic programs.

I hope this committee will look closely at this because you know, we are spreading the same resources over more and more tribal THPO offices.

I just think it is a horrible misappropriation of focus at a time when we have such pressing needs.

We all know that bill didn't include funding for that program, but your Department budget request includes 85 million in new funding for Hardrock Cleanup, something I very much appreciate.

And it is not a sustainable approach right now.

I think it is going to break new ground, and we are going to be able to do some really good projects that should have been addressed decades ago.

How can we get the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices the resources that they need to fully protect their communities' sacred spaces?

So you're planning to largely just split it up equally over the 5 years?

As you know, Congress included a total of $3.5 billion for the IHS Sanitation and Facilities Account to be spent over the next 5 years in the infrastructure law.

How much will that represent in actual projects? Do you have a dollar figure yet?

Okay. Let me shift gears to over the course of the last year, the Albuquerque area IHS System closed two hospital intensive care units.

That's why I introduced the Colorectal Cancer Detection Act, which would increase access to blood-based screening tests.