Tom Udall actually said...

"It is no secret the Trump Administration does not believe in climate change but Indian Country does not have the luxury of putting its head in the sand."

"I hope you take back that message to Interior because I think these tribal communities are right at ground zero, in the bulls-eye, when it comes to the impacts of climate change."

"It's no secret the Trump Administration does not believe in climate change, but Indian Country doesn't have the luxury to put its head in the sand."

"Subsistence is a way of life for tribal communities that depends on passing traditional ecological knowledge down between generations."