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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.
I strongly support H.R. 2540, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2001. This legislation provides an important annual cost-of-living adjustment for disabled veterans, as well as surviving spouses of veteran's who receive dependency and indemnity…
Number one, get a new negotiator. There are plenty of former Attorneys General, there are State attorneys general, there are people in the government. The President should have another negotiator in place. Secondly, how do you give…
The idea is get a trust fund, have those monies, the principal on your trust fund, work toward preventing that. One of the most effective things that can be done is counteradvertising, and that is one of the recommendations that we were…
The gentleman's comment is correct, and when Senator Ashcroft made that statement he was specifically targeting FDA regulation. And really what he was saying, he was taking a very libertarian approach; just let anybody do whatever they…
The women in America have had a tragic situation when it comes to their relationship with tobacco. The statistics are pretty astounding. And that is why when we do these tobacco settlements, one of the conditions that should be in there…
the 2000 presidential election may well be remembered for ``hanging chads'' and other evidence of the imperfections in our electoral system. The right to vote is our most precious freedom. We cannot afford to have a repeat of last fall's…
The lawsuits that were brought by State attorneys general were brought by Democrats and Republicans. Attorney General Gale Norton, who is now Secretary of the Interior, she brought a lawsuit in the State of Colorado against the tobacco…
I think this is an excellent motion to instruct, and one of the things this motion does is seek to remedy a long overdue injustice. U.S. Citizens who went to work in uranium mines and downwinders who lived below atomic bomb explosions have…
The State of New Mexico is planning to get about $1.2 billion under the master settlement. That is the largest civil settlement in the State of New Mexico. The way that this settlement was worked out, it will flow in over 25 years. We do…
Mr. Speaker, let me begin by thanking the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) for their efforts in bringing House Concurrent Resolution 174 to the floor today. I introduced H. Con. Res. 174 on June 26…
The rural part of this, as the gentleman knows, is a huge issue. Rural America does not have the opportunity to take the benefits that managed care provides, and we are especially seeing that in my district and in rural New Mexico in…
I have a district in New Mexico that is 38 percent Hispanic, close to 20 percent Native American, and the leadership that the Hispanic Caucus has shown in terms of educating us on these issues has been very, very helpful to me. The…
let me first applaud the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson), the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee), and the gentleman from Maryland (Chairman Gilchrest) for their efforts on this important bill and for protecting this valuable…
I rise in support of H.R. 581. This bill allows us to use wildland fire funds to deal with endangered species issues, and it does so in a very responsible way. This is a win-win for everyone. It is a responsible piece of environmental…
I wanted to talk about the 100-day period and talk a little bit about budget priorities. It seems to me that, as President, one puts in one's budget the thing that one cares about, and one cuts the things that one does not care about…
I wanted to talk about an issue that I know is going to become a very serious issue in this session of Congress, and that is a national energy policy. This administration is going to unveil in the coming weeks their plan for a national…
I rise in support of H.R. 93, the Federal Firefighters Retirement Act, and this measure increases the mandatory separation age for Federal firefighters from 55 to 57. Last year was one of the worst fire seasons in our Nation's history. My…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5225 would revise the boundaries of the Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia to include important resources related to the Civil War battles in and around the city of Richmond, Virginia. The park was established…
S. 1936 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange seven administrative sites and facilities on approximately 1,325 acres on the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. The bill provides that the City of Bend, Oregon, will be…
H.R. 4646 adds approximately 10,570 acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System in George Washington National Forest in the State of Virginia. The two additions, the Priest and Three Ridges areas, were recommended for wilderness…
The Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000 is a significant Indian land bill affecting the restricted allotments of members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations in eastern Oklahoma. This legislation would…
S. 2917, the Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act, sponsored by Senators Domenici and Inouye, settles certain outstanding land claims by the Santo Domingo Pueblo, located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I am the…
Mr. Speaker, the bill we are bringing up this evening is vastly different from the bill we reported from the Committee on Resources a few weeks back. The funding problems that Indian tribes face when assuming responsibility for Federal…
Mr. Speaker, for years, and most recently during our CARA deliberations, we have heard about the success and the proven track record of Pittman-Robertson and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs administered by…
Mr. Speaker, this bill is a great example of bipartisanship, and it is the way that we should work with each other. We have two freshmen Members here, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr…
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