Michelle Lujan Grisham

Thank you, Senator Grassley, for looking out for the Iowans.

Thank you, Senator Lujan, for the introduction.

We're doing the same thing in the Border Irrigation District down by Yuma where by doing the seasonal farming, the farmers are taking some of the money that's being paid to them to line canals and be more efficient.

Thank you, Senator Lujan, for the introduction.

I fought so relentlessly to ensure that the Inflation Reduction Act included funding for Interior to help regions experiencing not just drought but severe drought.

Thank you, Senator Grassley, for looking out for the Iowans.

Under the leadership of our Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico has pursued a bold, transformational vision.

Head Start, pre-K, and childcare programs have a profound return on investment.

I always appreciate when folks remark on our budgets, that they are a reflection of values.

Under the leadership of our Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico has pursued a bold, transformational vision.

I hope that we all agree is that the wages that early childhood educators make is very, very low.

I think that is one show of success when we measure access to these programs and what it means as well.

These low market rates keep wages low, revenues low, and supply low.

Under the leadership of our Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico has pursued a bold, transformational vision.

Head Start, pre-K, and childcare programs have a profound return on investment, as has been pointed out today.

Now, New Mexico became the first state in the Nation, along with D.C., to use this alternative methodology to set rates.

I am introducing the America's College Promise Act, which would provide tuition-free college for students at community colleges.

I think we need to encourage our young Americans, our students, to give them financial fitness.

I cannot believe that, in the year of our lord 2022, we`re talking about free and essentially state property states for women.

And she deserves that we fight like mad to secure equal rights for everyone.

And when you pointed to younger women and minority women, I will tell you that Native American and Hispanic and African-American women in New Mexico were critical to our ability to repeal an antiquated criminalization of abortion and…

We`re going to ask for federal funds.

He did indicate that some of their early review indicated that they may have some barriers that they have to overcome.

I think he was incredibly proactive about that, which is why he was prepared to talk about federal resources, public health investments.

I think that our Indian Health Service clinics could be another effective vehicle. I will tell you that they`re -- I have been reached out by a number of sovereign nations, who I think would be very supportive and interested.