In New Mexico, you have managed to cut TANF benefits and reduce the number of participants in the program by 35 percent.

When there aren't enough jobs to go around, do we tell these kids and these families, 'I am sorry, you will be hungry'?

So let's focus on the work requirements.

I think every New Mexican would love that every able-bodied adult would have meaningful employment.

But those don't require work programs.

we are now the most food insecure for children in the country and nearly the most food insecure for adults in the country.

I applaud that you've introduced new initiatives so that your productivity is better, but now we're minimizing.

I want fairness. I--just because you're a big provider, I don't think that a big hospital system should have to wait and be penalized in this fashion.

I continue to hear from young farmers and ranchers that it is not enough, that the application process for loans and support is arduous at best.

We expect that 1/2 of those 65 and older farmers to retire over the next decade.

I just want to push that balance is great, but urgency really is important here.

We have in New Mexico, which I am sure you are aware, the highest percentage of older farmers and ranchers who are age 65 and up, at 37 percent.

I can do a loan, and I can get prescreened at my bank.

If this is where you know you have significant issues, why aren't we making investments where we have the greatest backlogs?

I would disagree. I think you do know.

I am very grateful and thank you for your attention to this particular problem.

Do you think this severe, and let me just repeat that, the severe understaffing issues, like in Albuquerque, do you think they are acceptable?

I have not received satisfactory, timely, timely responses. I need you to get back to me.

But certainly none in my region, which has the highest consistent cases...

I appreciate that we are having what I consider sort of two bites at the apple to start to look at disability cases and the system that Social Security has in place to review those cases.

I want accountability not only from the claimant level, from everybody who's making decisions in the Social Security system...

I agree that anybody who wants to work should have the opportunity to work.

I know that you're aware that we have one of the most significant disability and behavioral health problems in the country per capita.

We need strong oversight mechanisms.

Does that deter legitimate claimants from appealing their cases and receiving benefits?