Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Podiatrists in Medicaid, Improve Care in Medicare WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced bipartisan legislation to improve patient access to podiatrists in Medicaid and improve care for patients with diabetes who need therapeutic shoes via Medicare. The Helping …
Read More »TOMORROW in Santa Fe: Udall to Chair Oversight Field Hearing, ‘Cultural Sovereignty Series: Modernizing the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to Honor Native Identity and Expression’
SANTA FE — Tomorrow, Friday, July 7 at 10 a.m., U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, will chair an oversight field hearing for the committee with U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, on efforts to prevent marketing or sale of counterfeit Tribal art and jewelry, …
Read More »NM Counties to Receive $38.5 Million in PILT Funding for Schools, Roads, Local Police
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for the Department of the Interior, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that counties across New Mexico are receiving more than $38.5 million through the 2017 …
Read More »Udall Calls TrumpCare ‘Catastrophic’ for Indian Country
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on the devastating effects of the Senate TrumpCare bill on Native Americans’ access to life-saving health care services: “Native Americans would be among those hardest hit by this disastrous Senate …
Read More »Udall and Heinrich Speak Out Against Devastating Impact TrumpCare Would have in New Mexico
In back-to-back speeches on Senate floor, Senators say hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans would lose health care. New Mexicans in rural communities, women, low-income families and people with pre-existing conditions would be hardest hit by TrumpCare Video of Udall’s remarks: https://www.facebook.com/senatortomudall/videos/10155245263792870/ Video of Heinrich’s remarks: https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/statements-and-speeches/heinrich-floor-speech-on-trumpcare WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, …
Read More »NM Delegation Announces that FEMA Approves Grant for Federal Assistance to Deal with El Cajete Fire in Sandoval County
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Congressman Ben Ray Luján announced a that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a request for fire management assistance to assist with “mitigation, management, and control” of fires in Northern New Mexico. The El Cajete fire …
Read More »Udall Co-sponsored Bill to expand AMBER Alert System in Indian Country Clears Indian Affairs Committee
VIDEO: https://www.indian.senate.gov WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, welcomed passage of a bill he cosponsored to expand the AMBER Alert warning system in Indian Country. The AMBER alert in Indian Country Act comes in response to the tragic abduction and murder …
Read More »Udall, Senators Request More Information on President Trump’s Troubling Pattern of Chinese Trademark Approvals
Letter to Trump follows news reports that Trump Products secured approval for several dozen trademarks from the Chinese government WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), sent …
Read More »Senator Udall will hold a town hall in Albuquerque on Thursday
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Thursday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m., U.S. Senator Tom Udall will hold a town hall meeting in Albuquerque at the Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center. Udall will talk with constituents and answer questions about critical issues facing New Mexico. The town hall will be moderated by Jennifer …
Read More »Udall, Heinrich Secure Vital Funding for NM Priorities in Budget Bill
Appropriations bill includes funds for labs and bases, wildfire suppression, PILT, LWCF, and other initiatives that support families and jobs in New Mexico WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich joined the full Senate in voting 79-18 …
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