In New Mexico we have a saying that 'agua es vida,' water is life because it is the vital resource in the arid Southwest upon which everything else depends.

Climate action cannot wait, and we must take decisive action now to address both the causes of climate change and its impacts.

That was so important for ensuring that our Tribal nations could control access to the ballot box.

I am proud to be from a State that understands that voting rights are the foundation of our democracy and must be protected.

I think it is crucial that we take these examples and really incorporate them into the voting rights laws...

We are seeing suppression of Native votes across the country.

Considering these and other attacks on our core democratic institutions, it is more important than ever that we act at the Federal level to protect voting rights.

That is 605 family members, brothers, sisters, parents, children, co-workers and neighbors. And every single one of those lives lost was a preventable tragedy.

New Mexico is ground zero for the opioid epidemic. We have one of the highest rates of drug overdose in the United States.

I rise this evening as the proud daughter of New Mexico to discuss the transformative impacts of the American Rescue Plan for our State on this beautiful St. Patrick's Day during Women's History Month to highlight the impacts the American…

Ensuring that our tribes have not only a seat at the table, but that their knowledge, practices, and priorities are really at the center of that work is so critically important.

The conversation has dramatically changed, and how the voices of the pueblo leadership... are now actually a part of the narrative.