I know how hard it is to access that Federal funding.

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.

the crisis of human trafficking and particularly of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives and women is one of my top priorities.

We also ask that the committee consider including funding for our acequia resilience and Tribal acequia program.

As we consider the 2022 Water Resources Development Act, many of you know, our West and our communities across the Southwest are gripped by the worst drought that we have seen in 1,200 years.

I urge that the committee consider authorizing an additional $200 million to the Bureau of Reclamation.

I request that the committee authorize an additional $5 million for the Tribal Partnership Program.

Our dairies in particular, and the dairy industry, as one of our leading agricultural industries, has been just devastated. Thousands of gallons of milk have been dumped, and people's livelihoods have been destroyed by this contamination.

Given the impacts of PFAS in our communities, and communities across the country, and particularly in New Mexico, it's vital that we advance coordination and advanced science and research on the impacts, cleanup, and alternatives to PFAS in order to address these issues.

PFAS has also been detected in water bodies throughout our State, and we are just beginning to scratch the surface in understanding the full picture of this contamination, the fate and transport of the contaminants within our communities, and the impacts on environmental and human health.