Sept. 5, 2019 – Today, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) and U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) the chair and ranking member of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, respectively, released the following statements today following the Government Accountability Office’s official opinion on the administration’s use of Federal Land […]
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Udall, Heinrich Introduce Fair Elections Now Act
WASHINGTON, DC, July 30, 2019 – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with 23 Senate colleagues, have introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, which would dramatically change the way U.S. Senate elections are financed. Under the legislation, qualified Senate candidates would earn grants, matching funds, and television vouchers to run competitive campaigns based […]
Udall, Castor, 170 Members of Congress Introduce Resolution Calling for Pruitt’s Resignation
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2018 – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) led a group of 170 members of Congress in introducing companion resolutions in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives formally calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign. The resolution comes in response […]
Udall, Heinrich, Bennet, Luján Prepare Bill to Prevent Future Hardrock Mine Disasters
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2017 — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that they are preparing to introduce legislation to reform the nation’s antiquated hardrock mining laws and prevent another toxic spill like the Gold King Mine disaster of 2015. Their announcement […]