On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, nays 195, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No…

I would like to insert my side eye, and I reserve the balance of my time.

If we don't fund those, we are not living up to the commitments we have made.

If there is any reason to advocate for an increase in BIE funding, there it is. We need to pay our teachers an equitable salary.

I deeply appreciate my friends across the aisle for their clarification of their intent, but unfortunately, we can't go forward based on intent. We actually have to go forward based on the bill that they introduced and are asking us to…

It is not just the mining industry that gets to have free rein on these lands from other uses. One of the things that is important to understand about the language in this bill is that any actor with a few dollars to spare could lock up…

I want to take on some of these arguments to make sure that folks understand the broader context in which American mining and manufacturing occurs. First of all, we just heard some claims that these mining companies can't figure out how to…

In spite of over a million dollars that this corporation has spent lobbying the U.S. Government, the people have spoken and submitted over 675,000 public comments to protect the Boundary Waters. That is why I support the protection of this…

This body just two summers ago passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is not only the largest investment in climate change in our nation's history.

I stand today to also respectfully oppose H.R. 3397, or what my colleagues across the aisle are calling the WEST Act. I, too, have great respect for the chair and for the sponsor of this bill, and especially for the farmers, ranchers, and…

Under your leadership, Madam Secretary, there have been historic leases for clean energy, protection of vast swaths of our public lands.

Every single day we are so deeply proud to have you as our Secretary, and as a New Mexican, and as a leader.