I am pleased that the budget focuses on providing tools to producers in rural communities to address the climate crisis.

This is my first hearing as chairman of this subcommittee, and I am looking forward to a good discussion on the fiscal year 2024 Budget Request for the Department of Agriculture.

We also know that affordable housing is a major challenge, not just in my home State of New Mexico, but really across the Nation.

This sets an incredibly dangerous precedent in terms of both women's reproductive rights but also the FDA's review of drugs.

This judge has replaced his political agenda for the data-driven process used by the FDA.

More than 500 family in New Mexico alone, and 65,000 families across the Nation, could lose access to affordable housing over the next 10 years.

The programs and activities of this Department affect every single American, from farmers, and rural communities, to children and families who depend on healthy and nutritious food.

The decisions the FDA makes, whether approving a medical device or approving a new drug, must be guided by science and data, not by political pressure.

What can Congress do to make sure we are supporting you so that we can iterate on these constituent cases much more quickly?

One of the most important jobs I have is just helping constituents when they are having trouble with a Federal agency.

The Gallup Indian Medical Center is in utter disrepair, needs to be replaced.

Now, we need to make sure it is implemented well.