Martin Heinrich

The law simply has not lived up to Republican promises. The White House and our Republican colleagues promised families a $4,000-a-year increase in income. That simply has not happened.

The bill does little to help working families. Instead, it worsens inequality and burdens the next generation with trillions in additional debt, which could jeopardize vital programs and services that families count on.

At best, the Republican tax bill was a massive missed opportunity, squandering $1.9 trillion on tax breaks for those who did not need them at a time when our Nation could least afford it.

I think one of the things we found in 2016 is that we didn't have the transparency and the literacy to do what you just pointed out there: to counter false speech with accurate speech to understand how this speech was propagating in the…

Yes, we used to have a fire season. Now we have a fire situation that has to be managed year-round.

Would the BLM's ability to meet its conservation and recreation missions be enhanced if you had more flexibility to resolve those inholdings in conservation land units like monuments and wilderness study areas?

This legislation will help make permanent protections for portions of the greater Chaco landscape that fall outside of the park boundary and preserve the dark night sky from light pollution.

Chaco Canyon is both a world-class cultural resource and a place of immense importance to New Mexico's native communities.

I share that concern, because I think some of these things are sitting right in front of us and we just need to make it a priority.

I could not agree more.

I believe it was you who said, and I may be paraphrasing here, but we've moved from a failure of imagination, to a failure to act.

Including the White House--that this behavior will not be tolerated and that there will be consequences for it going forward.

We know that it's highly active today, as many of you have testified to, and we know that no single entity by itself--not the government, the social media companies, not civil society--can effectively stop foreign influence operations on…

It's an important issue and I look forward to the insights of our witnesses.

I commend you for your concern about those parts of the economy that didn't rise yet and that will need to be given an extra push.

The thing that worries me the most is us falling back into recession before many of those communities can see the full benefit of this recovery.

The recent Republican tax law actually makes the Tax Code more complex for small firms.

The White House's recision package also targeted several USDA programs that support rural communities.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration seems to be heading in the opposite direction.

Expanding access to capital must go hand in hand with building the know-how and the expertise to launch and grow businesses.

We need to reverse that trend.

The more rural you get, the less access to capital there is.

It is an important issue, and I look forward to the insights of our witnesses here today.

I think that is a smart move, and I appreciate it.

I know that is a radical idea from a Democrat, but let's use the free market.