Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 8580. I was just home, like many of you, honoring our military and our veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice on Memorial Day. That is why it is so unimaginable and shameful that we are here today on the House floor as House Republicans are proposing to cut the military and VA budget. We are talking about $6 billion in cuts to medical care for our veterans, $718 million in cuts to military construction that would impact our readiness and affect the quality of lives and safety of American servicemembers and their families, and $30 million in cuts to climate resilience programs that would affect the military readiness of our bases and servicemembers across the world. It is shameful. In a time when Democrats fought to pass the PACT Act and our veterans literally stood on the steps outside of this building to make sure that we got it done, it is inconceivable that they would be here today proposing to cut programs and services. In New Mexico, we have an incredible history of service from our Navajo Code Talkers to our heroes of Bataan, and we will not sit silently by while you try to underfund and disenfranchise our veterans. It is shameful.”