Teresa Leger Fernandez

I am very excited about the Great American Outdoors Act, because it is indeed a great America that we are investing in, that which belongs to all Americans, which are our public lands, right?

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico will be postponed. Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Levin The Acting CHAIR. It…

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his visit to my district. I also invite the gentleman to the northern part because, at New Mexico Highlands University, we have an excellent forestry department where we are looking at the center of…

Moving forward, Tribes should be exempt from GPRA reporting requirements, so more resources can go directly to services instead of being redirected to data collection, data entry, and data reporting.

The ski areas are not just places of outdoor recreation in the winter, but also in the summer

Unions shrink both racial and gender wage gaps, while raising wages for all workers.

Americans recognize the value of unions.

We give workers more power, we pay workers what they deserve.

I look forward to seeing these bills move forward so that we can continue to grow our outdoor recreation.

We want to encourage local hiring to H.R. 1, so that the Forest Service, BLM, and the Park Service are looking to our local community for their hiring.

We cannot move forward if we don't do that, and that we preserve that.

It would be a 1.4 trillion dollars economic benefit if we did that.

The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws has increased 37 percent in the last year.

The intent is to ensure that the land remains subject to tribal jurisdiction, not to state jurisdiction, no state taxation.

Thank you, Chairwoman Hageman, and thank you to the witnesses for your testimony.

We also know that it needs to be efficient, it needs to be timely.

We don't want to let foreign companies end up sort of exploiting our resources in a way that causes long-term damage.

The issue of the early childhood education by a vote of 70 to 30, New Mexico has not targeted to put more resources into our earliest--you know, the babies right? That is where we need to invest, because we know that has such an amazing…

This fails tribes, the 1872 law does.

I thank Representative Issa for that great summary of the importance of this land to the Pala Band, and the fact that we will actually probably see some economic benefit because they know how to be good stewards of the land. They know what…

With natural disasters becoming ever more frequent, it is imperative to rethink the way the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is being implemented.

We need to look at it as a Congress--there are statutory constraints.

We can appropriate the funds, the President can sign bills into law, but when the funds don't actually make it to help reduce and resolve the problems on the ground, then we have not finished our job.

The Stafford Act right now cannot do what the communities need.

Yes, every citizen should be treated the same.