Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Grijalva and everybody who has worked to bring this bill to the floor today. A historic drought has forced ranchers in our parched Eastern Plains to sell their cattle early. We don't collect and share data about our precious water resources with the ranchers, Tribes, and farmers who need it most. Four brave firefighters lost their lives battling wildfires across my beautiful State. Five more people died in the fires and the floods from the burn scars. Today, I honor each of those nine souls and their grieving friends and family. The Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act is like a gentle monsoon rain falling on our thirsty landscape. It brings real solutions to these problems. It includes my Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire bill to compensate those who lost their ancestral homes, businesses, and ranches when the Forest Service started not one but two fires that became an inferno of destruction. These fires scorched 534 square miles of land in Mora, San Miguel, and Taos Counties. When I visited the burn scar, Brandon Bustos, a third grader evacuated from his beloved village, said: ``Mora will be back. I guarantee it.'' He has not given up on his future. Neither have I, and neither have any of us who will vote for this bill because this bill will help Mora rebuild. It will pay firefighters a minimum wage that is necessary because they risk their lives for us.…”