"It is about putting the power, the tools, and the resources back into our communities that have experienced the disproportionate impacts."
"I think it is really crucial that we acknowledge the history of the United States and its policies, and how that has disproportionately impacted our communities of color and, in particular, our Indige..."
"I led the inclusion of additional funding in the House-passed appropriations bill for cultural studies."
"I really appreciated the meeting that we had here in my office last week."
"I know how hard it is to access that Federal funding."
"I join you, the Navajo and the Pueblo leaders, in striving to find the important balance."
"one of the most important recommendations that came out of that work was about data and cross-jurisdictional sharing of data."
"I very much look forward to working with this Committee and my colleagues to get the Violence Against Women Act passed in the Senate."
"the crisis of human trafficking and particularly of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives and women is one of my top priorities."
"we have to pass the Violence Against Women Act. And so I urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass that bill urgently."
"this is a crisis not only in New Mexico's Indigenous communities but across the United States and across the world."