Michelle Lujan Grisham

SNAP is critical to ending childhood hunger.

I would love to see Congress and my State legislature declare a war on poverty and assure that no child in my home State ever goes hungry ever, ever again.

A disincentive to work is poverty. A disincentive to work is hunger.

We need to make a significant investment in child care to make sure it reaches more people who need it.

I want to know that you are going to be responsible and supportive of these employees.

What we all ought to be doing is assuring that we are protecting not only the thousands of Federal employees in my district.

I am extremely disappointed in the reaction from this panel at this hearing, that we know that these are issues that we have to deal with.

I would really strongly encourage you that there ought to be a phone number that I can call to OPM.

I don't think that these consequences are just 18 months.

These mounting reports are extremely upsetting.

Even people who do not fall under any priority whatsoever have been removed.

I support, frankly, the President's actions on immigration.

Because of DACA, frankly, she was able to travel to Nicaragua and volunteer at a nonprofit for underprivileged children.

There's a real opportunity to enhance the economic benefits and making sure that that's addressed in a meaningful and balanced way.

The growing sophistication, frequency, and the impact on both public and private entities by cyber attacks continue to be a very serious threat.

In New Mexico, we are one of the States that has one of the largest percentage or per capita Federal employees in the Country, in the top five, so I have 50,000 Federal employees in my home State, and I am on their side by being incredibly…

I have seen stakeholders from many different backgrounds come together and work toward this goal.

They also ought to be in a position as they really look at leveraging that flexibility that meets the needs of all partners around the country.

If we don't have the flexibility, these programs can often work against us as we try to leverage those resources to create partnerships.

The ability to address those acequia issues is so important to New Mexico, so we appreciate that, another tool in that NRCS toolbox.

It is gratifying to hear about the successes, and we really are working diligently to make sure that we are organized in such a fashion to make sure that with the limited resources that we have available to USDA for the farm bill, that we…

I am disappointed that our conservation programs have endured some cuts that will ultimately mean fewer resources for farmers and ranchers.

The current processes and procedures being used by the Cibola National Forest for the collection of forest products for traditional and religious purposes is overly complex and intrusive.

I mean that is what I would certainly like to see.

Can you provide a list of partners and communities for best practices in collaboration and find the right balance of managing our forests with the right mix of benefits under multiple use and also still recognizing the need to remove…