Teresa Leger Fernandez

It is heartbreaking and irresponsible that the majority of Republicans refuse to take action on an assault weapons ban.

Thank you so much, Madam Chair, and thank you for the testimony to all of our witnesses today.

I do share everyone's concern about McCarthy's Default in America Act, and the devastating cuts it would mean to education funding.

Your testimony notes the need to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program because it is effective.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, we are very hopeful that in 2, 3 years we will have the buildout, but we do not have it now, and there is the need to get that telehealth funding now.

Well, I look forward to the fact that we are going to hit September and you are going to know you have the money on October 1.

Last year, I chaired a hearing in the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous cultural and environmental preservation...

Thank you, Chair Westerman, for bringing us all together, in many senses, to honor the sequoias...

Congress passed my Hermits Peak Canyon Fire Act to provide nearly $4 billion to help New Mexicans recover.

This year New Mexico was blessed with snow that will help us address the drought.

We are in a historic drought caused by climate crisis.

They are going to really do a lot of harm, a lot of harm to your agency.

Those cuts are going to be disastrous, disastrous for people at USDA, cutting rural programs, throwing families out of their homes, tossing them out of Medicaid and nutrition programs.

We were fighting Republicans' plan to default on America, to hold our country hostage until we agreed to a 22 percent cut from the agencies.

But you also reviewed the New Mexico fires and acknowledged you did not use the resources needed to monitor your prescribed burns.

I appreciated Secretary Vilsack's response to my recent letter on the need for sustained funding solutions for Taos Pueblo's management of the Blue Lake Wilderness.

To discuss our proposal, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Hoyle).

We can actually point to two accomplishments that we did on this House floor when Democrats were in charge. The Democratic leadership in Congress helped us lead to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It was bipartisan, but we had…

It is a made-up crisis that we might be taken to that brink.

Cleaning up these abandoned wells creates jobs in those local communities, which is also key.

Those resources are public resources. They belong to every single citizen, and we have an obligation to make sure that the full American public benefits from the exploitation of those resources.

Those resources are public resources. They belong to every single citizen, and we have an obligation to make sure that the full American public benefits from the exploitation of those resources.

If the budget cuts go through, we could lose 1,500 tribal law enforcement personnel.

The Legacy Restoration Fund is important to New Mexico because it is helping repair the Wild Rivers Backcountry Byway, which is important for the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in Taos County.

The park isn't sitting outside of the community. The park is part of the greater community.