Tom Udall

The Puyallup Tribe greatly appreciates the work of this Committee to empower Indian Nations and their citizens through the preservation and expansion of Native language.

Native language revitalization has been a long-time priority for me, and I appreciate the Committee highlighting this issue.

what the Cherokee Nation has done, is a really impressive move forward in terms of Native languages.

Native languages are not only crucial to the communities that speak them, but they also have played an important role in our shared American history.

We have got to fix it. There are some measures that can help, more Wi-Fi in more places, more low-cost broadband plans.

this is very, very harmful to our democracy, and you need to speak truth to power in these circumstances

his very just destructive behavior in terms of the First Amendment, in terms of freedom of the press

I believe that the Federal Communications Commission should take these special circumstances into account.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I really appreciate the Commission being here today.

we need to do everything we can at all levels of government--you're in a crucial position--and speak up against this

Where do you come out there?

I think it is very important.

thank you very much for the recognition. I say to Chairman Murkowski, thank you for those very kind words. It is, once again, always a pleasure to say we have worked with each other. I know there are issues sometimes we disagree on, but we…

I wish to pay tribute to the late Las Cruces City councilor Olga Pedroza, a champion for justice. Ms. Pedroza passed away February 9, 2018, in Las Cruces, NM. Ms. Pedroza was born in a small town in Mexico, San Luis Ayucan, on September…

As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, I'm particularly concerned about how powerful tech-savvy countries... limit access to the Internet.

I wish to honor the first Tribal college established in the United States, Dine College, on its 50th anniversary. The college was founded in 1968 by the Navajo Nation as Navajo Community College. That year marked the centennial anniversary…

This proposal would result in discontinuation of service altogether on the Southwest Chief.

I really think if you focus on the safety issues, there's no doubt that you come out on the side of keeping people on rail.

I very much thank Senator Heinrich for being down here and talking about what this really means. I know Senator Moran is also on the floor. Amtrak is designed to connect our communities. Whether we live in Raton, NM, Dodge City, KS, or Los…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of Congress…

Stopping service would damage communities, including my home state of New Mexico.

I don't [believe Amtrak funding should be eliminated]. And I think everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Every time you have a cross-platform transfer, you lose 50 percent of your ridership.

I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 3414, as modified with the changes that are at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The senior…

We must not leave those behind in rural and tribal parts of our country.