Tom Udall

let me, at the beginning, thank Senator Carper for his incredible leadership on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He has a very good bill on cleaning up PFAS. I have signed on to it, and I am going to talk about some of the…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

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…

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…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1488 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

thank you for the recognition. It is good to see you today. I am going to be joined by a number of my Senate colleagues to talk about reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. We have many who are very concerned that we need to…

thank you for the recognition. I just want to say to my colleague from Minnesota that we very much appreciate her efforts on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. She has been a great member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. On all of…

I thank Senator Cortez Masto for her talk today. I can tell that she is very passionate about this issue. Both of us were State attorneys general from Western States. We have significant Native American populations, and we are very…

one of the issues that has been highlighted by the two very capable Senators who are here on the floor, Senator Cortez Masto and Senator Smith, is that all of us--and I know that the Presiding Officer from the State of Utah also has many…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Brasher nomination?

I rise today to oppose this rush to confirm David Bernhardt to serve as the 53rd Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is the chief steward of nearly 500 million acres of public lands and 1.7 billion acres of the Outer…

Thank you, Madam President, for the recognition. It is great to be joined on the floor by Senator Collins, who is going to speak after me to stand up for the Constitution, and I very much appreciate Senator Lamar Alexander's comments also…

to get this wall money, the President caused the longest government shutdown in our Nation. The shutdown caused hardship for millions of Federal employees and lasting pain for thousands of Federal contractors, not to mention the millions…

the Federal Communications Commission Schools and Libraries program, commonly known as E-Rate, has helped connect our schools and libraries to high-speed broadband. Recent changes allowed for schools to pay for Wi-Fi on campuses…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 738 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 738 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

thank you for the recognition today. I rise today for the people. I am glad to be joined by Senator Merkley. We have worked a long time together on government reform issues, campaign finance reform, and rules reform-- some very, very…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Senator Udall and Senator Collins pertaining to the submission of S.J. Res. 10 are printed…