Tom Udall

I've had Senators come up to me and say you mean we did this IHA, and they're doing all of this racing.

We would support the use of a Federal mechanism to ensure that the reform racing medication rules or something similar would be adopted.

I apologize. We'll come back and you can start a paragraph or two before, but I'm going to have to-- they've notified me, if I don't get to the floor, they're going to close the vote.

Should trainers who drug horses with oral pain peptides be permanently banned from racing?

I really believe that you're right on in saying that, you know, walking them out in handcuffs will really send a strong message. And we need strong, effective enforcement in this industry.

This legislation, introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), would improve the safety and integrity of the sport by requiring race tracks that provide simulcast or Internet wagering to ban performance-enhancing drugs.

Among the reasons that this can be viewed as troubling is China's poor record with respect to resource management and sustainability.

We are also grateful for Senators Lamar Alexander, Maria Cantwell, Tom Udall, and Patty Murray's leadership in co-sponsoring this legislation.

I believe it's important for future generations to learn about it and from it.

I believe that natural gas has great potential as an energy source in the U.S.

EPA put a lot of work collaborating with industry, developing the standard to reduce fugitive emissions from hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells.

Legislation from Senator Tom Udall, Democrat of New Mexico, and Representative Ed Whitfield, Republican of Kentucky, would ban race-day medications, and ban trainers who are repeat violators from the sport altogether.

Thank you. Your testimony cites two examples of where the general welfare exemption was applied to Tribal programs.

Yes. And we really appreciate you doing that, because I think when you and Mr. Klein are in these consultations, that you sit down with the tribe, as some of the previous witnesses talked about, learn about their traditions, learn about…

The Federal Government and all of its arms must interact with the tribes as the sovereign nations that they are.

Thank you, Chairman Akaka.

We feel that is truly inconsistent with the treaty right of the Yakama Nation.

A true and honest consultation with the Yakama Nation.

The buck really stops with the NRC when it comes to safety, and I hope that you hear that message from us.

Open Air Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011

I believe, like you do, Madam Chair, that we are forever in debt for their service, so we must ask the question, how did these burn pits impact the health of our returning heroes?

Well, as Senator Udall explained before, there were express promises made to New Mexico.

Should a State as a whole have the right to accept or reject a nuclear waste site in its borders?

If they are not together, it is not going to work.

We sure do, we sure do. And Senator Carper, we are going to miss him very much.