The Forest Legacy Program, part of the LWCF, has also been incredibly successful in the 25 years it has existed, thanks largely to the work of our Vice Chairman, Senator Leahy.

I need to thank you for your leadership, the meetings that I have attended that you have asked me to come out to your State, through your leadership, it has made a significant difference.

Maybe we need to get the President out to Rosebud or Pine Ridge. Maybe that will make a difference.

Every year, we come back before the subcommittee and hear the same issues raised repeatedly.

The SRS is critical there, of course, because the Federal Government does not pay taxes.

I do not have any doubt that if you are cutting $12 million out of mental health and substance abuse treatment that people are going to lose services, and we are going to be in a worse situation.

Can you commit to me to helping to steward these issues in New Mexico, and work with the region to bring stakeholders together to address ESA concerns, not just sending them to another Federal agency and passing the buck?

there is a bipartisan sweet spot on this issue if we can get the information from you and then try to move forward with some legislation.

I would be less than honest with you if I did not tell you that this budget was a wreck.

It is my guess that many of the decisions to shortchange key priorities in the Forest Service budget were made because the President has proposed to enact more than $54 billion worth of cuts to non-defense programs next year, a very unwise…

We owe it to the Navajo and others harmed to make things right.

It is clear to me that any potential changes to national policy regarding Medicaid and health insurance programs--like those contained in the Senate Republicans' Better Care Reconciliation Act--will directly impact Tribal communities and…