Tom Udall

I think we all want everybody to fully participate and we want to get people registered and give them that opportunity.

I think the chairman is right-on in holding this hearing and proceeding on this.

as I rise today, our Nation is in the midst of a deep recession. Families across America are losing their homes and business owners are being forced to close doors. In my home State of New Mexico, local workforce solutions offices are…

as I rise to give this maiden speech in our Chamber, we all know we are living in very difficult times. Our current economic crisis has only accelerated problems that have been growing for years. America's manufacturing sector was…

I think when we talk about efficiency we're going to have to be analyzing whether we invest more in rail or do we invest more in roads?

I think this is an excellent nomination by Barack Obama.

You were known as someone who was fair, someone who allowed openness and the ability to speak.

We may not be able to do it in one year, but boy, maybe we can do it in four years and have a specific plan to do that.

I very much hope to be in this Committee, because it is such an important committee to the Nation and to New Mexico.

I see my time has expired. Thank you again for your service and I look forward to working with you as we continue to make the case to the American people with three or four or maybe even just two quick bullet points about why we have to be…

I really had the feeling that this one clearly does.

We need to look specifically at how we really weigh in, in a big way to remedy the situation that we have right now.

I think is really critical.

I hope you will be very aggressive about telling us where you think there are the holes, the loopholes in the law that need to be filled.

President Obama has bold plans for addressing the major environmental issues of this century.

I know that President-elect Obama is going to make a priority, I think, out of cleaning up hazardous waste sites.

I think it is great that President-elect Obama is proceeding and has put your nomination forward, a career person who has worked in this area.

I would like a commitment from you that once you are confirmed, that you take a close look at these three issues, ongoing cleanup, worker health, and property damage claims.

Again, I want to emphasize that by doing so, then we will send a message to other workers in other parts of the country that as we clean up places like Hanford, we work in Ohio and Oklahoma and South Carolina, Nevada, that those promises…

I wanted to receive assurances from you that you will continue to focus on that commitment and make sure those resources are forthcoming.

I look forward to supporting your confirmation on the Senate floor when that occurs.

I want to commit, like Senator Alexander did, to make sure that the victims are made whole on this.

I think it is tremendously important that when we look at the cost of coal or renewable energy or nuclear we look at the full costs that are out there.

So what eventually is going to happen with these substances? What is your plan you have right now to deal with these thousands and thousands of pounds of toxic substances and hazardous substances?

I hope we look at the full costs here in terms of all of our energy sources.