"Once a New Mexican, always a New Mexican as far as I'm concerned."
"It is the thing, the greatest challenge for those of us in Western States."
"I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for the timeliness of this."
"I want to suggest to the Chairman that we ask the OMB to come and have this kind of a conversation."
"Your point is so important we are going to stay at this until we turn OMB around on the question of how important prevention is and carrying out the FLAME Act."
"I just hate to see us taking money out of hazardous fuel reduction, out of ecosystem restoration, out of... proactive fire management in order to fund the very real need that we need to respond to, an..."
"STEM education is incredibly important to our economy, and that the next generation of STEM leaders will play a critical role in driving us forward."
"You can avoid out-sourcing by having talented people come and stay here, and STEM education is one way to target that."
"I am going to try and set a little bit of a--well, I am just going to yield back the rest of my time"
"That designation, I think, was an incredible recognition of the community's work in Northern New Mexico."
"I want to thank you for including a number of bills that have been in the works involving New Mexico for a number of years now."
"FLTFA is an excellent model for public land management that supports conservation goals as well as economic development."