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A Conversation with a New Mexico Hero
Hear the story of a New Mexico hero, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, who was awarded our highest military award, the Medal of Honor, for his bravery in Afghanistan.
Cleaning Up Campaign Finance
We cannot stand idly by and watch our elections be fundamentally degraded by a flood of unaccountable money. That's why I've introduced an amendment to the Constitution to fix our country's broken campaign finance system.
Standing Up for Main Street
When I'm traveling around New Mexico, I talk to small business owners who have commonsense solutions to many of the challenges they're facing. As we continue to regain our footing coming out of this recession, we owe it to small businesses to do what we can to help them succeed.
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Welcome to Tom's Website
Senator Tom Udall provides a tour of his official online office.
January 23, 2012
A Movement to Reform Campaign Finance
No doubt, an election should be about voicing opinions and having a lively debate. But a string of bad Supreme Court decisions -- the most recent, Citizens United -- have equated money with speech and amplified the power of corporations and special interests. When that happens, your voice in the debate gets drowned out.
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January 13, 2012
Dispatch from India
India's economy has been growing at an average of seven percent over the last fifteen years and the change has been dramatic. As the world's two largest democracies, the United States and India have huge potential for economic cooperation and prosperity.
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December 15, 2011
The End of a War
Yesterday, President Obama marked the end of the war in Iraq by addressing our troops at Ft. Bragg. On his order, this morning our forces in Baghdad conducted the final ceremony of a mission that has lasted nearly nine years. The war in Iraq is over. By the end of this month - and hopefully in time for the holidays - our last remaining troops will come home from Iraq.
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November 21, 2011
Small Business Saturday
In Congress, I've cosponsored a resolution to designate the Saturday after Thanksgiving -- November 26, 2011 -- as "Small Business Saturday." If you're shopping the weekend after Thanksgiving, I encourage you to make a visit to a local small businesses.
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November 10, 2011
A Conversation with a New Mexico Hero
Hear the story of a New Mexico hero, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, who was awarded our highest military award, the Medal of Honor, for his bravery in Afghanistan.
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February 8, 2012
Udall: $1.2 Million for Water Infrastructure in N.M.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today announced a $1.2 million investment by the U.S. Department of Interior to improve New Mexico's water infrastructure.
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February 7, 2012
“Tuesdays with Tom”: Udall's Measures to Increase Airline Safety and Screening Privacy Advance to President
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) reported today that his legislation to help prevent drunk driving and dangerous "air rage" will now be sent to the president's desk as a part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that passed the Senate.
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February 2, 2012
Udall: USDA Pilot Program to Help Rural N.M. Homeowners
WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will launch a new Single Family Housing Guaranteed Rural Refinance Pilot Program in New Mexico to help rural borrowers refinance their mortgages.
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January 26, 2012
Senate Sends President Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill
WASHINGTON - Legislation championed by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and carried in the Senate by U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Dean Heller (R-NV), to crack down on drug smugglers on the Southwest border has cleared the Senate and will now be sent to President Obama to be signed into law.
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January 25, 2012
Udall Statement on Giffords Ultralight Bill Passage in House
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), issued the following statement today following passage of The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 in the U.S. House, sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Continue ReadingKOAT: Bill Tackles Ultralight Drug Smuggling
Video requires Flash PlayerNew Mexico's KOAT profiles how ultralight aircraft are used for drug smuggling and how legislation championed by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Gabby Giffords would help law enforcement put a stop to it.
Tom's Tribute to Sgt. Pernell Herrera
Tom honors a New Mexico hero - Staff Sergeant Pernell Herrera. Herrera was born in Los Alamos, grew up in Espanola and graduated from Espanola High School. He died on New Year's Eve in Afghanistan.
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Tom Calls for Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Finance Reform
Two years following the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) calls for a constitutional amendment to allow Congress and state legislatures to regulate campaign finance.
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Tom Calls for Passage of Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill
The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act will improve border security by cracking down on smugglers who use ultralight aircraft to traffic drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Panel: A Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United
Tom takes part in a panel, moderated by People for the American Way, bringing together national, state and local leaders in support of a constitutional amendment to reduce the corrosive influence of corporate and special interest money in our elections.
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