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Tom Udall

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Tom Udall is an American politician and attorney who served as the junior United States Senator from New Mexico from 2009 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Udall previously represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. Throughout his political career, he has focused on issues such as environmental protection, healthcare, and Native American rights. Udall has been an advocate for legislation addressing the challenges faced by the Navajo people, particularly regarding land ownership and economic development.

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Jul 15, 2009

if you do the Waxman-Markey bill, it is going to cost jobs.

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Jul 15, 2009

We have not taken decisive action in this area.

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Jul 15, 2009

Investors across America... want to join in, but they need leadership from Washington, DC.

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Jul 15, 2009

The biggest bullet we have got is putting a price on carbon and a cap on emissions.

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Jul 13, 2009

And the only reason economists tell us we aren't at $4 gasoline right now is we have a worldwide recession.

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Jul 13, 2009

If that disappears, you realign the whole water situation.

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Jul 13, 2009

Greater cooperation among Federal and state officials will be necessary to combat those who seek to take advantage of people in this current economic climate.

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Jul 13, 2009

But this action is not enough. Americans need more than the occasional high publicity raid to fully protect them from a wide range of fraud and consumer scams.

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Jul 13, 2009

We must protect American farms, ranches and forests from global warming before the time runs out.

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Jul 13, 2009

We must ensure that the FTC has both the authority and resources to be the 'nation's consumer protection agency.'

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Jul 13, 2009

The vision I think most of us have is that through putting a price on carbon, we move ourselves in a new direction.

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Jul 13, 2009

So we should be focusing on how we get out of that box.

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Jul 13, 2009

Well, the thing that happens in New Mexico, and this is something that all of us can look at the models.

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Jul 13, 2009

Farmers and ranchers and foresters face, I think, dire threats from global warming.

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Jul 13, 2009

The economic challenges we face as a nation have resulted in increased fraud and consumer scams.

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Jul 7, 2009

I believe Americans need more alternatives to driving in order to reduce both our dependence on foreign oil and emissions that contribute to global warming.

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Jul 7, 2009

I believe that the Rail Runner is an example of a forward thinking transportation investment that will provide benefits to the state for years to come.

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Jul 7, 2009

I believe the Rail Runner is an example of a forward-thinking transportation investment that will provide benefits to the state for years to come.

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Jul 7, 2009

I believe there is a tremendous potential in green initiatives and technologies to create new jobs and innovations that would enhance environmental sustainability.

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Jul 7, 2009

Everything sort of hangs in the balance right now.

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Jul 7, 2009

Mexico is the home to NASA's White Sands Test Facility, which for many years has supported the Space Shuttle programs.

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Jul 6, 2009

Climate change legislation does not cost jobs, it creates them.

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Jul 6, 2009

This report found that the Colorado Compact was based on unrealistic assumptions when it allocated the water in the river.

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Jul 6, 2009

China is also the world's largest producer of solar power cells.

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Jul 6, 2009

I voted for legislation identical to the bill being proposed by this committee in 2006 that I thought struck a balance between military necessity and basic due process.

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