a new generation of young leaders in my home State of New Mexico and all around the world recognizes that the climate crisis is not just urgent, it is literally existential. These young students and activists are demanding that their…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as amended, is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit unauthorized military operations in or…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise to respond to some of the criticisms of the Udall amendment that I believe are misleading and deserve a response. To start, I want to point out an area of agreement. The opposition says our amendment is simple, and it agrees on its…

I ask unanimous consent to speak on my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to call up Udall amendment No. 883. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Udall], for himself and others, proposes an amendment…

I very much appreciate being joined on the floor by Senator Kaine and Senator Merkley. I appreciate Senator Kaine's very wise words. I think all of us are here standing up to hold the President accountable. We believe he should follow and…

I thank you for the recognition, and let me thank the two Senators that preceded me here. Senator Merkley spoke on this issue of whether we should be going to another war in the Middle East, and Senator Kaine, whom I have watched since he…

Congress must embrace them as fellow citizens and stop jeopardizing their access to healthcare.

The lack of adequate funding for Medicaid programs in the territories is not only unacceptable, it is inhumane.

I think there is a bit of a conflict here because what I just heard was that the rule does not restrict any physicians from having these conversations.

I think that we should listen to the experts from the AMA when they say that they have a concern that the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics are going to be violated.

Why is this administration comfortable lowering the standards of provider care and dictating what can and cannot be said in a doctor's office?

There are some pretty amazing ruins there and you know I don`t even like to call them ruins because in our culture, in Pueblo culture, if you acknowledge our ancestors they are there. The spirit of the people never leaves.

today I wish to pay tribute to New Mexico Senator John Pinto--the longest serving member in the New Mexico Senate, who passed away May 24 of this year at the age of 94. John Pinto was born December 15, 1924, in Lupton, AZ, near the New…

Today I wish to honor Private William Tully Brown, a Navajo code talker who never considered himself an American hero but who was. Private Brown enlisted in the Marines in 1944 and was trained as a code talker at Camp Pendleton. Training…

We need to do something about this, and I hope the Act that we have does.