Press Releases
Udall, Heinrich Announce More than $360,000 to Support Agricultural Producers in Mora and San Juan Counties
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $363,239 in federal grant funding to provide technical assistance to the Southwest Cooperative Development Center Inc. and Capacity Builders Inc., two organizations that help socially disadvantaged agricultural producers in Mora and San Juan counties to expand their operations and create jobs. The Southwest Cooperative Development Center Inc. will receive $188,255 to provide accounting and financial management training to… Continue Reading
October 09, 2014
Udall, Heinrich: City of Roswell to Receive $450,000 to Help Expand Air Travel Service to Phoenix
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $450,000 for the City of Roswell to support the community's efforts to begin nonstop air travel service from the Roswell Industrial Air Center Airport to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The grant, funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program, will help add service between Roswell and Phoenix, which will provide passengers more timely connections to th… Continue Reading
October 09, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce $15 Million for Expanded Telehealth Services through UNM Health Sciences Center
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center has been awarded $15,120,767 to test expansion of their telehealth infrastructure system that will provide 30 hospitals statewide with remote emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations. The funding is being awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. The award will support… Continue Reading
October 07, 2014
New Mexico Delegation Welcomes President’s Disaster Declaration for Summer Floods
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that President Obama has declared a major disaster for the state of New Mexico for the severe storms and flooding from July 27 - August 5. The declaration means the president has ordered federal aid to help state, tribal, and local recovery efforts. The first round of assistance will be available on a cost-sharing basis for damage to public in… Continue Reading
October 06, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $550,000 to Strengthen Markets for New Mexico Produce
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $550,750 in grants to strengthen markets for New Mexico produce by providing tools and resources to help agricultural producers successfully enhance their competitiveness and expand their operations. The funding is being awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Specialty Block Grant Program, and grants will be administered through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. The grants are authorized throug… Continue Reading
October 04, 2014
New Mexico Delegation Welcomes Selection of Photonics Manufacturing For Next Department Of Defense Innovation Institute Competition
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham welcomed an announcement by the White House to award more than $200 million in public and private investment to create an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute, led by the Department of Defense (DoD), and the second of four new institute competitions to be launched this year. This selection comes just four months after the delegation wrote a let… Continue Reading
October 02, 2014
New Mexico Delegation Requests Expedited Major Disaster Declaration for Summer Floods
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to take prompt action on the State of New Mexico's recent request for a major disaster declaration to assist with damage that occurred throughout the state during storms and flooding in July and August. Between July 27 and August 5, parts of New Mexico including Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Otero, Rio Arriba… Continue Reading
October 02, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $2.8 Million in Grants to New Mexico Tribes for Energy and Mineral Resource Development
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that more than $2.8 million has been awarded to 13 tribal energy and mineral development projects in New Mexico. These awards to eight tribes will help them better evaluate and make use of their energy and mineral resources to benefit the tribal, state, and national economy. The Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Cochiti, Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo of Zuni, Jicarilla Apache Nation, and Navajo … Continue Reading
October 01, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce $547,000 for Research Innovation Cluster in Southeastern New Mexico
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $547,000 to support a Regional Innovation Cluster in Southeastern New Mexico. The award to Emerging Technology Ventures (ETV), a New Mexico company, supports work to create an unmanned systems research center that provides specialized tech transfer assistance, which both Udall and Heinrich have championed. ETV, in partnership with state and local partners, will … Continue Reading
September 29, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce More Than $1 Million in Funding to Promote Agriculture Marketing in New Mexico
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $538,279 in funding to New Mexico organizations to help farmers and ranchers develop new market opportunities for their products. The grants, provided through U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmers Marketing and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP), will support a wide array of local projects designed to bolster economic opportunities for family farmers, support rural communities and increase access to fresh, healthy fo… Continue Reading
September 26, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Invite Underserved New Mexico Communities to Apply for Promise Zone Designation
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich invited underserved urban, rural and tribal communities in New Mexico to apply for the second round of designations for the Promise Zone Initiative, part of a plan developed by the president to create jobs, increase economic mobility, improve educational opportunities and reduce crime in high-poverty communities throughout the country. The initiative helps communities create a pathway to the middle class by connecting groups and bus… Continue Reading
September 26, 2014
Udall, Pearce Congratulate Marvin Trujillo on Selection as Chairman of VA Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce congratulated former Laguna Pueblo Second Lieutenant Governor Marvin Trujillo on his selection as the new chairman of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans (ACMV). Trujillo is a former U.S. Marine Corps first lieutenant and a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. He currently serves as a member of the ACMV, and will assume the role of chairman beginning in 2015. The ACMV c… Continue Reading
September 25, 2014
Udall Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Praises Expanded Drug Disposal Options
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall encouraged New Mexicans to participate in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event this Saturday, September 27, and turn in unused or expired medication at designated locations in their communities. He also praised a new U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) policy, similar to legislation he has sponsored, that will enable pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and other authorized collectors to serve as drop-off sites for unused prescription drugs in th… Continue Reading
September 23, 2014
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Introduces Bill to Strengthen Privacy Oversight Board
WASHINGTON - In an effort to significantly improve the oversight and accountability of the nation's intelligence community, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) spearheaded a bipartisan, bicameral effort to strengthen the government's privacy protection board. The legislation gives the oversight board greater ability to carry out its function of balancing the government's national security and counterterrorism activities with the need to protect the privacy ri… Continue Reading
September 19, 2014
Johnson and Udall Introduce Bill to Take Politics And Partisanship Out of Redistricting Process
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced the Fairness and Independence in Redistricting (FAIR) Act (S. 2910) to take politics and partisanship out of the congressional redistricting process. Their bill would set minimum standards that states must adhere to when redrawing their congressional map. "Partisanship should not have a role in the congressional redistricting process, but it's all too common for politicians to use redistricting as a tool to unfairly wi… Continue Reading
September 19, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce $14 Million for Rural Electric Infrastructure
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the Springer Electric Cooperative Inc. will receive more than $14 million in guaranteed loans to improve the delivery of electric power to rural New Mexico communities. The Springer Electric Cooperative Inc. will receive $14,117,000 to build a photovoltaic facility to supply usable solar power, to build and improve 74 miles of distribution lines, and make other improvements. The loan includes $518,400 for smart grid … Continue Reading
September 18, 2014
Udall Votes to Avoid Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall issued the following statement on today's 78-22 vote on a budget resolution to keep the federal government operating through mid-December: "I voted for today's budget resolution because it's the right thing for New Mexico's economy, and it supports jobs. New Mexico cannot afford another government shutdown and today's vote took the threat off the table. This bill includes critical funding for New Mexico's national labs and bases and an important provision tha… Continue Reading
September 18, 2014
Udall, Heinrich Announce More than $14 Million for New Mexico Airport Improvements, Strategic Planning
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded more $14 million in grants to support air transportation in New Mexico. The grants, which were awarded to Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Lea County, Questa, Roswell and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, will fund repairs and maintenance, runway extensions, emissions reduction and strategic planning. "This funding will not only help create jobs for New Mexic… Continue Reading
September 17, 2014
Udall, Heinrich, Lujan Grisham Meet with Air Force to Discuss Progress, Plan for Fuel Spill at KAFB
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham met with U.S. Air Force Acting Assistant Secretary for Installations, Environment and Logistics Kathleen Ferguson today to follow up on key commitments the lawmakers had secured to address the impacts of a major fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) that has been affecting the base and the region since the 1950s and threatens the city's water supply. PHOTO LINK: https://flic.kr/p/oYYLEC At the brie… Continue Reading
September 16, 2014
Udall, Barrasso Hail Senate Passage of Bill to Streamline BLM Energy Permits
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-WY) announced that the Senate passed their bipartisan bill to extend a pilot program that has helped the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) balance complex demands, including oil and gas permitting and environmental management, in New Mexico, Wyoming and other parts of the West. The BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent, permanently extends a pilot program from the Energy Pol… Continue Reading
