the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized. ms. herrell: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. herrell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 6337, a bipartisan bill sponsored by representative joe neguse, the biking on long distance trails, or bolt act, is intended to meet the needs of biking enthusiasts by increasing the number of long distance biking trails on federal lands. the bolt act would require the secretaries of interior and agriculture to identify at least 10 existing long distance bike trails and identify at least 10 areas where there is opportunity to develop or complete such trails. mountain mike biek something wufnt fastest growing sectors in the outdoor recreation economy and i support identifying new opportunities for the public to recreate on federal lands. the bolt act will make long distance bike trails safer and more accessible to riders throughout the country. i urge adoption of this bill and reserve the balan

what was called the confederate army of new mexico. and by march 1862 this force had seized santa fe making it the only confederate army to ever capture a capital city in union territory. now scholars have written quite a bit about this invasion including megan kate nelson's really nice new book. so i'm going to go light on the details here. and instead what i want to do is is really challenge some common misconceptions about the civil war and the far west and i also want to try to place this invasion within the context of a much longer southern fascination with the region. now it's it's tempting to view this campaign as sort of an errant into the wilderness the general who led it henry hopkins. sibley was was famously inept in underprepared. he was he was basically drunkenly incapacitated during some really key moments in the campaign. and his invasion was turned back decisively in the spring of 1862 by the time his army finally limped back to texas it had suffered in astronomical 30% casualty rate. and simply himself soon conceded th

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. -- albuquerque new mexico. that -- passing through a border checkpoint that she could do. women realizing that they have to go to mississippi and louisiana but due to the number of people who are fleeing the state of texas for the same reason, there are no appointments for at least a month stop -- month. this is what it looks like when people have lost control over their own bodies. i spoke to a high risk ob/gyn in dallas and she talked to me about the medical crises that hurt patients are facing but she can't talk openly to them as their doctor about what their options are. the doctor having to find other doctors in other states -- they can trust and putting nothing in writing. for patients and volunteers, texas politicians have created a police state where neighbors can turn in other neighbors and people cannot speak to the clergy or friends or family or their doctor without putting everyone at risk. and this is before the supreme court and down the willing we are expecting every day so as organizers and camp

some of the clinics in texas are open and in the process of relocating to new mexico.stand what is the status of the clinics and the status of the move? >> sure. we have four clinics in the state of texas and our clinics have been forced to cease abortion provision. we can no longer provide abortion anywhere in the state of texas. in fact, nobody can. abortion has been completely stopped in the state of texas. our clinics are open because we are providing follow-up care for the people we helped with abortions earlier this month and we're packing up our equipment and we are securing the patient records, et cetera and wrapping up operations in texas and we are moving to new mexico and we are also focused on our clinics that we already have established in virginia and maryland and minnesota and doing the best that we can to welcome people who are traveling from the states where abortion is now banned into those communities to get the health care that they deserve. >> you're seeing people traveling into the safe haven states? >> absolutely. even before roe fell, 30% of the

we do not require that here in new mexico. it is one option. >> excuse me, how can you verify the identity of an individual without a photo id that is government issued? >> they are required to provide other identifiable information. again, a photo id is an option for voters. they can also provide other forms of documentary id or give a verbal confirmation of personal private information to verify their identity. >> that doesn't seem particularly secure so we might want to work on that. mr. kelly. >> i remind myself that i am retired so i can give my personal opinion. now i don't believe it would be a bad thing to provide an id to increase voter confidence. i don't know ultimately what problem it solves in some cases but i don't think it would be a bad idea. >> miss howard, i think that it's hard to look at one piece of the election. >> just a yes or no ma'am. >> do you believe that a government id complete with a photo should be required to vote? >> and mr. larose? >> congresswoman, the simple answer is yes and most americans

i was on a podcast this week with a minister in dallas and their church takes people to new mexico who need access to abortion. so, that was one of the reasons i was interested in learning. he told his own abortion story about being part of an unintended pregnancy. when he was in college. every time we stand up and say when you talk about abortion, you are talking about me, reduces the stigma and shame that have existed for our entire lifetime. i had an abortion, just so you know and i talk about it all the time. number three, get to the folks who represent you and if they're not speaking about this issue, prod them and make them do it. if they're really not then run against them. that is what we need to do. [applause] number four, get on the streets. this is not going to happen online. it will happen because people get on the streets and say we will not live in the country where people do not have rights. number five, votes, and number six, put this arena training to use and run for office, sign up and work for a campaign, this is no time to wait for instructions. no one is coming to

i don't go after new mexico. but i do wants our friends in the media to just kind of ask the questions. boy, oh, boy, you want to talk about climate bomb? 700,000 barrels a day? they have more carbon emissions in alaska, by way -- than alaska, by far. nobody is writing that story. it's also how we do our environmental standards in different states. my state has the highest standards in the world on energy production. new mexico? not so much. let me give you a couple of examples. the average well in alaska is 28,000 barrels a day. because it's conventional. we're actually -- where actually the resource is so rich there, we're not fracking like they do in the unconventional area. the average well in new mexico produces 100 barrels. 100 barrels to 28,000. so what does that mean? you have to drill 280 wells in new mexico just to reach the equivalent of one in alaska. so, the environmental footprint is much bigger. the carbon emissions, much bigger. new mexico flares its gas of we reinject our gas. again, highest envi

she'll have to drive five hours away to albuquerque, new mexico. or a patient, who recently came to the doctor in el paso, found out she was gonna need a surgical abortion, but that would mean driving to another state and passing through a border checkpoint, that she couldn't do. women realizing that they have to go to mississippi, louisiana, but due to the numbers of people that are now fleeing the state of texas for the same reasons, there is no appointments for at least a month. this is what it looks like the levinus where people have lost control over their own bodies, to make their own personal decisions about pregnancy. two weeks ago i spoke to a high risk ob/gyn in dallas, texas, talk to me about the medical crises that her patients are facing, yet she can't even talk openly to them as their doctor, about what their options are. doctors have to find other doctors, in states that they can trust -- nothing in writing for patients health care, volunteers and politicians and basically created a police state. where neighbors can turn in other nei

so we have a go fund me campaign that has launched nationally to support us to open clinics in new mexicoe a program called the way finder program that helps people who are denied abortions in banned states like texas find their way to places in communities that can offer them that care. and we need folks to support that, but we also need our governments both at the state level and the federal level to protect those of us who are highly trained to provide abortion services, to be able to see all of the patients who might need to be seen in the states where abortion is protected. we already have providers who are afraid to see folks who come to them from texas and ohio and missouri and oklahoma because those providers are afraid of politicians going after them. and that is something we can't stand for in this country. we as providers are doing all we can to mitigate the harm that has happened from the fall of roe v. wade and it will take all of us, everybody in the community, elected officials, health care folks, and providers to be able to try to meet the need and try to mitigate some of

was on a podcast with the minister in dallas their church now assists folks takes people to new mexico who need access to abortion. that was one of the reasons i was interested alerting. what was interesting as he told his own abortion story about being part of an unintended pregnancy when he was in college. and so every time we stand up and say -- when you talk about abortion you were talking about me it reduces the stigma and shame have existed for our entire lifetime, okay? so i had abortion just so you know. and i talk about all the time. write number three get to the folks who represent you. if you don't already know if they are not talking and speaking about this issue proud them, poke them make themm do i. and if they're really not run against them that's what we need to do. [applause] number four, get in the streets. this is not going to happen online it's going to happen because people get in the streets as they we will not livr in a country where we do not have our rights. number five, vote. number six, put the arena training to use and run for office or sign up and work on a

, from snow melt, and from accumulation in southern crawl around new mexico, there are all irrigation so people check out what we do, but centuries ago our ancestors small right to take three feet across, three feet down, and they put these head gates. it is a spanish name for -- door, but head gate. we will manage the water flow. in court, years everybody has more crop production, and bad years everybody is fighting. you always have to walk up that ditch, and oftentimes it is with a shovel in the hand because you go look to see who took your water. do you have words with one another, but the water gets flowing again. so it is always positive that way. but whether the centuries, old or we look at irrigation structures that have been constructed in conjunction with the united states of america within usda private entities that have taken this over in doing that work, it is also important in last week i was visiting areas of new mexico where we have the largest fire -- it was started by a prescribed burn by the forest service within the usda, but nonetheless i am very concerned about wh

so, new mexico certainly saw this coming as a potential. we quickly -- a year ago i signed in the law, repealing an antiquated, unstuck constitutional law -- unconstitutional law that could criminalize abortion care and abortion providers. that is now repealed. we did that last year. and in doing that, we also increased resources for family planning, contraceptives, reproductive care, abortion, abortion care services -- through all of our network of providers and through state funds. we will continue to do that. most recently, we signed an executive order following the same kinds of efforts you are seeing now across the country. whining massachusetts as an example, but now new york. this is not a place where the efforts by a neighboring states, such as texas, who have stated they will in fact criminalize providers that are looking for providers that have multiple operations and licenses. and, this whole notion that you can criminalize the patient. including asking your neighbors and churches to turn your loved ones and family members and ne

meagan fitzgerald, nbc news >>> now to new mexico, where a mother is back with her two children tonight following a terrifying carjacking. her desperate efforts to rescue the kids all caught on camera here's priscilla thompson with that story. >> i have two babies in there are >> reporter: it looks like a stunt only seen in movies but for melody maldonado, this was very real. new video shows her clinging to the hood of her suv as her hijacked car barrels through an intersection, a daring rescue attempt to save her 11-month-old son and her 6-year-old autistic daughter. the 33-year-old mother tells "the daily mail" she banged on the windshield and yelled for the suspect to stop she was eventually thrown off the hood and broke her foot still, she ran to a convenience store to call 911 >> she was going that way and she was going all crazy. >> reporter: the incident happened at a gas station in hobbs, new mexico, on the fourth of july maldonado stopped in to buy a baby bottle, with her children waiting in the car police say when she returned, a woman pushed her out of the way and tried to ta

doctor schultz in new mexico like colorado, i think mr. mueller mention this hour water comes from those watersheds, snow melt and accumulation. like southern colorado and new mexico, they're all irrigation ditch ways. some people chuckle level we do, but centuries ago our ancestors saw it right to dig three feet across and down and put head kates, with the spanish name for door, but it's a head gate. and we manage the water flow. in good years, everyone has more crop production. in bad years everyone's fine. you always have to walk up the ditch. oftentimes it's with a shovel because you look to see who took your water and you have words with one another. then the water gets flowing again, so it's always positive. the weather whether it's centuries old we look at irrigation structures in conjunction with the usda, private entities that have taken these over and done that work it's also important. last week i was visiting areas of new mexico where we had the largest fire on record. that was started by a prescribed burn by the forest service

new mexico governor michelle lujan, grisham agrees democrat led states are vital to protecting women'sare in fact that brick wall. >> this, a horrific supreme court decision. but the president warns that republicans aren't satisfied and will push for a nationwide ban on abortion if they regain control of congress. congress is going to have to act codified. >> the front row into federal law. but the president doesn't have the votes to get that through the senate. north carolina governor roy cooper says this remind americans why they need to go out and vote to have u.s. senators who have us caught members of congress. >> who are not willing to codified that protection of the federal law. >> it's time to change up. >> for now, president biden is looking at what federal options may be available. reporting live in washington. i'm basil, basil, did the governor's mansion any other concerns going forward? will begin for the most part during the meeting, the governors were suggesting different options of the president could take immediately in order to help deal with any of those states that t

and like southern colorado and new mexico, they are all irrigation. people chuckle at what we do, but centuries ago our ancestors all right to dig three feet across, three feet down and put these head gates. . we manage the water flow. in good years, everyone has crop production and in bad years, everyone's fine. you always have to walk up that ditch. often times it's with a shovel in your hand because you see who took your water, and you have words with one another. but then the water gets through again. whether it centuries old or relook at irrigation structures that have been constructed in conjunction with united states of america within usda, private entities that have taken these over and are doing the work, it's also important. last week i was visiting areas of new mexico where we have the lightest -- largest fire on record. it was started by a prescribed burn by the forest service prescribed by the usda. i'm very concerned about what dry conditions mean and lower water yields on the front end and what that could mean to beetles and other invas

the northern new mexico -- the devastating hermit's peak canyon fires burned through the unmanaged wilderness and became the largest fire in our state history. these fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and will cost new mexicans millions of dollars to clean up the damage and rebuild. all of this was preventable. instead of making it more difficult to prevent catastrophic wildfires, as the underlying bill would do, i ask my colleagues to support this motion to recommit and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from arkansas reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. neguse: reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. westerman: thank you, madam chair. i know the distinguished gentleman, mr. hoyer, has left the chamber, but i did want to personally thank him for putting the senate nepa streamlining bill on the suspension calendar today. and i hope we can work on more issues like that in the future. now, i ask to yield 3 1

. >>> terrifying moments for a mother in new mexico check out this video here. that is melody maldonado she is clinging to the hood of her suv. she's trying to stop a carjacker from driving away with their kids inside. priscilla thompson has her story. >> i have two babies in there are. >> reporter: it looks like a stunt only seen in movies but for melody maldonado, this was very real. new video shows her clinging to the hood of her suv as her hijacked car barrels through an intersection, a daring rescue attempt to save her 11-month-old son and her 6-year-old autistic daughter the 33-year-old mother tells "the daily mail" she banged on the windshield and yelled for the suspect to stop. she was eventually thrown off the hood and broke her foot. still, she ran to a convenience store to call 911. >> she was going that way and she was going all crazy. >> reporter: the incident happened at a gas station in hobbs, new mexico, on the fourth of july. maldonado stopped in to buy a baby bottle, with her children waiting in the car police say when she returned, a woman pus

i totally understand the concerns and stress you and the folks in new mexico are feeling right now. > the other area i have been hearing from farmers is they are being told they are not eligible for preventive plant payments this growing season because of changes to the crop insurance program made by the trump administration. farmers and ranchers across the west and especially new mexico continue to deal with historic drought and now wildfires. i find it concerning this management tool would remain unavailable to producers who need it most. mr. secretary, has the biden administration examined the trumpet administration's change to the program? if so, why was the decision made to keep the change in place? sec. vilsack: i think you are referring to preventive planning. we have looked at it and made changes in some areas for some commodities. i would say our review is not finished. we need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility for the reasons you have addressed. yes, changes have been made. i anticipate there will be additional changes forthcoming. >> i apprecia

sohat is the primary reason we chose new mexico.: i wanted to ask you about the native nations. there is a choctaw -- the choctaw in mississippi, the indian reservations have an ability to not follow state law as such? >> that is a good question and one that someone smarter than i would have to answer. we often thought over the years the native americans, that is their land. whether or not they want to involve themselves in this, it was certainly be wonderful if that were the case, but i think we have talked about that for years. i've not seen anyone that is gotten close to doing anything. amy: both native american reservations and also federal enclaves, federal land in these states like military bases or other federal land. let's put that question to robin marty come operations director of the west alabama women's center which has just reopened. explain that decision, the the women's health clinic will not be offering abortions, and then talk about this issue of federal enclaves. >> thank you for having me on. alabama, we are -- we

>> one great thing that we're doing in new mexico is we formed a partnership with our new mexico state national guard. there cyber task force works on site with us during the election process as well we've added additional eyes and ears and expertise to monitor our cyber department to ensure the state and it's been a wonderful department, i recommend it in every state . >> thank you so much, i i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from louisiana. >> i think our panelists for appearing before us today virtually and in person. mister chairman, election fraud is a reality throughout the history of modern man across the world. criminal behavior is as old as mankind itself. it's as old as mankind's tendency to succumb to failure of spirit. we are failed and fallen since adam and our elections are no exception . i read a quote from y a politico article regarding the university of pennsylvania research scholar immediately after presidential elections that was not allowed to speech feet. he researched exit poll numbers he was us and s had been reported on the night of the elect

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i am driving through new mexico. i'm looking at the desert, it is so beautiful juxtaposed to what we are talking about. a country so beautiful can suffer from something so quite frankly, disgusting. like the former caller said, this is a press conference about reality. this is what happens when you live in a country where you don't need to know your next-door neighbor. you can feel closer to someone online been somewhat across the street from you. the only way out of this is to walk across the street and be your neighbor. the more that we connect with each other in person, and spread to the community, hopefully we can avoid likes -- hopefully we can avoid something like this in the future. i don't know how confident i am of that. >> in inglewood, colorado, democrat, you are on the air. >> good evening, everyone. i believe this evening's hearing laid out the truth. i was raised to believe that you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. in this case i believe we need to stand for the truth and stop

they're moving from mississippi to new mexico. less than 24 hours ago, louisiana became the latest state to stop operating abortion care entirely. the judge allowed the trigger ban to go into effect. louisiana is now at the center of an abortion desert. look at this. all of the state that it borders do not have abortion availability. it is total abortion bans in texas, arkansas, mississippi. that means that people in louisiana have to cross multiple state lines to find legal abortion care. options for people in louisiana are now extremely limited. for now, the closest clinic is in georgia. it is regular red. that is more than 400 miles of someone has to travel in order to access basic essential health care. officials in georgia are seeking to man abortion there as well. that may not be an option for very long. that leaves florida as the next destination, as long as you are not passed the 15th week of pregnancy. this week, a judge announced that florida could activate its 15-week ban. five other states have restrictive bans in plac

in fact, scully says that they crashed in as tech new mexico. neither scully nor kehoe ever mention raw as well, we're gonna talk later about why that is. scully says sources crash and as tech, not only discourses crash, scalise as, but bodies are found, 3 to 4 foot tall alien beings. really cementing the modern idea of the little green men, it comes out of scalise books. he also claims that the sources come not from mars but from venus. the 1950s are really a key time in a mars venus battle over where these flying saucers come from. scully loses popularity after 1952 because true magazine publishes an extensive article debunking his entire book. pointing out the fact that most of, or really, all of scalise sources are professional conman. and really just spending page after page making fun of scully for believing the conman. even making fun of how terrible frank scalise writing is. it's a really mean article. it destroys scalise credibility. but, scalise ideas are going to have a really long shelf life. really, just in recent years, there is be

and so we know what this means back in new mexico. and that is why i'm hopeful.ng and doing everything that i can to get us to a positive place and to make progress in this space. many people were saying the same things about the gun safety legislation, reducing gun violence around the country. and we saw how the senate came together, working with the legislative branch of government to get the bill adopted. >> and we know that climate is on the top of the minds for americans because of how hot it is issimply, but inflation is showing that americans are not happy with how things are going. 79% of americans believe things are going pretty or very badly. and more than two-thirds believe president biden is not paying attention to the most important problems facing the country right now. a new "new york times" cnn college poll found the economy and inflation and cost of living are americans' top concerns. same poll shows that 64% of democrats don't want joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee in 2024. so senator, what is your message to americans right now a

repeatedly say that they are at the very least unsure whether or not a flying saucer crashed in roswell, new mexico. we have this odd disconnect between this and very, very mainstream idea, this majority idea, and the way it's treated within our political and cultural discourse. it's also not an idea that is new at all. the idea that we are lights or objects in the sky is something to be concerned about is nothing new. but then, if you are a -- 13th century europe, what are you gonna think that floating lights in the sky might be? is it going to be aliens? >> which is, spirits. >> omens of doom. any other guesses? good. god. devils. which is. moments. overwhelmingly sap supernatural explanations. it's not until we start to see that enlightenment rational is a supplant these idea of divine providence that we move from supernatural to scientific explanations for these unexplained phenomena, although, even then, we need to be careful about and drawing too wide a divide between those two. as we are going to see, the two ideas, the supernatural unscientific, are going to remain intertwined pretty thorou

army and the department of new mexico. in that range in the u.s. party hand push the confederates from new mexico in the summer of 1862. and, then they turned the full force of their military power on apaches, and on the navajo people. it was carleton's intent and you can see the relationship, he really started to articulate this new kind of policy, there would be no treaty agreements and the first would-be active warfare, with the intent of removing native people so that they would be out of the way of white settlers moving west. during the civil war and the years after that. he has a very fascinating history, 25% mortality rate along the long walk, and really more people need to know about it because it was really a unique kind of prisoner of war camp. it also needs to be discussed in that context, with this anderson bill. in this place we can actually see that contradiction, which also lies at the heart of saving yellowstone, on one hand the federal government is preserving and protecting the rights of black settlers, emancipating them, trying t

from some states like arizona, california, new mexico and utah, one 100% in southwestern u.s. called this to worse the area has seen in 1200 years. i know what her issues are different than what we have in west virginia. we are faced with the opposite of flooding and too much water rather than drought. drought has a domino effect and dispose over to the entire country and stakeholders coming together to develop drought proof water solutions that tackle water supply and water command. as it also said in the topic of climate change, or to stay focused on actionable solutions that will be the focus of the discussion today. the real has a vital role to play when it comes to managing water resources. reclamation shortly after the act on june 171902, 120 years ago this friday. the bureau is the nation's water supply operating over 300 reservoirs provide one in five western farmers with the water for their crops and deliver $10 trillion of drinking water millions each year. lake mead and lake powell reached their lowest levels ever recorded. currently lake mead sitting at 29% capacit