Press Releases
Udall Statement on FDA’s Proposal to Limit Sales of E-Cigarettes
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the budget for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), released the following statement after the FDA proposed plans to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes, and e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs subsequently announced that it would take steps to curtail sales of its flavored products in retail stores. The FDA's proposal and JUUL Labs' announcement comes after mounting public pressure in response … Continue Reading
November 11, 2018
Udall Statement Honoring Veterans Day
SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall released the following statement in honor of Veterans Day: "Today, 100 years since the signing of the armistice ending World War I, we honor the brave men and women from New Mexico and across the United States who have sacrificed to defend our values and protect our freedoms, both at home and abroad. New Mexicans carry a long and storied tradition of military service. From enduring the brutal Bataan Death March during World War II to braving the b… Continue Reading
November 09, 2018
Udall, Heinrich Announce $4.347 Million for Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project will receive a total of $4.347 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) fiscal year 2019 budget. The project, when complete, will deliver a reliable water supply to Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, Grady, Elida, Melrose, Portales, Texico, and Roosevelt and Curry counties. An additional $7.65 million will be allocated to other projects along the Ri… Continue Reading
November 07, 2018
Udall Statement on Firing of Jeff Sessions
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) released the following statement after President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "Any effort to obstruct or terminate the special counsel's investigation would precipitate a crisis for our constitution and our republic. Unfortunately, the American people have every reason to fear that the president's firing of Attorney General Sessions represents an attempt to interfere with the investigation into the Trump campaign. The new acting attorn… Continue Reading
November 07, 2018
Udall: New Mexicans Vote for New Direction
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall released the following statement on the results of the midterm election: "Voters in New Mexico and across this country voted to turn the page - and to stand up for the fundamental values that make our state and our nation strong. We voted to reject the politics of fear, hatred, and division. We voted to affirm what we know to be true in majority-minority state like New Mexico: that our diversity is our strength, and that we can accomplish so muc… Continue Reading
November 05, 2018
NM Delegation Urges House & Senate Agriculture Committees to Include Farm Bill Provisions Helping Acequias and Land Grants Access Federal Resources
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Representatives Michelle Lujan Grisham, Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Lújan are urging the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to maintain a provision in the 2018 Farm Bill to make acequias eligible for federal resources through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). They also requested that the committees include language to make land grants eligible for these resources as well. These … Continue Reading
November 05, 2018
Udall Statement on Trump Administration Reimposing Iran Sanctions
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration reimposed sanctions on Iran that had been eased following the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and threatened yet further sanctions. Udall has introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the United States from expending funds for war with Iran without either express approval from Congress or in response to imminent attack, … Continue Reading
November 05, 2018
Udall Celebrates Completion of Sunland Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Santa Teresa, N.M. - U.S. Senator Tom Udall attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Santa Teresa to celebrate the completion of the Sunland Park Wastewater Treatment Plant, made possible through a $9 million grant to the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF), which awards grants to address high-priority water supply and water sanitation needs. A representative from U.S. Senator Martin Heinr… Continue Reading
November 01, 2018
Udall & Colleagues Urge FDA to Protect Kids from Tobacco Use and Addiction
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) joined a group of colleagues in calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stronger action to reduce youth use of addictive electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) by immediately requiring manufacturers to remove kid-appealing flavored e-cigarettes from the market. More than two million middle and high-schoolers are using e-cigarettes today, making them the most popular form of tobacco product among youth-with 81 percent of kids who have… Continue Reading
October 28, 2018
Udall Statement on Tree of Life Shooting
Santa Fe, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall and his wife, Jill Cooper Udall, attended a memorial service at the Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, N.M., where they attend services, to honor the victims of the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa. Udall released the following statement: "It is abundantly clear that the hatred that exists in this nation is strong. That fact has been repeatedly laid bare -- agonizingly so yesterday, when 11 innocent people, seeking peace in a house… Continue Reading
October 22, 2018
Udall, Heinrich, O’Rourke Demand Answers from HHS on Unaccompanied Migrant Children Detained at Tornillo Facility
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) urged U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to provide information on the operations and conditions of the temporary tent facility in Tornillo, Texas housing detained unaccompanied migrant children. In a letter to Azar, the lawmakers demanded answers regarding the expansion of the Tornillo facility, and new administration policies that are se… Continue Reading
October 18, 2018
Udall Joins Protect Our Care’s Bus Tour in ABQ, Fights to Protect Health Care for New Mexico Families
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, along with local health care advocates, community members, and elected officials, joined Protect Our Care on its nationwide Care Force One Bus Tour at its stop in Albuquerque. During the event, he called on Republicans to end their relentless attacks on New Mexicans' health care, and pledged to work to defend and improve access to comprehensive coverage for hardworking New Mexico families. Udall began by committing to defend comprehensive hea… Continue Reading
October 18, 2018
Udall Tours Economic and Community Development Hubs in the South Valley
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall toured three economic development organizations in the South Valley that serve farmers, entrepreneurs, community members and small business owners who are helping to drive New Mexico's economy forward. During his tours, he met with local community members who have benefitted from these initiatives and discussed how federal resources can best support programs to foster entrepreneurship, workforce education, and economic and community development t… Continue Reading
October 17, 2018
Senators Press for Full Disclosure of Trump Family Business Ties to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Jeffrey A. Merkley (D-Ore.) wrote to President Donald Trump and to the Trump Organization seeking a full accounting of any financial ties between the Trump Organization and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi… Continue Reading
October 17, 2018
Udall, Heinrich, Klobuchar Introduce Care Corps Demonstration Act
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N. M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Care Corps Demonstration Act to build and strengthen America's caregiving workforce, and help meet the growing demand for caregivers working with seniors and people living with disabilities. Companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.). By 2030, older Americans are expected to make up nearly 20 percent of t… Continue Reading
October 16, 2018
Udall, Heinrich Announce USDA Grants to Support Acequia Associations & Traditional Communities, Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers, and Tribal Communities
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced three grants totaling nearly $525,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to benefit New Mexico's traditional communities and acequia associations, Hispanic farmers and ranchers, and tribal agricultural communities in the state. The grants were made through the USDA's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, which Udall and Heinrich have long supported to help sociall… Continue Reading
October 16, 2018
Udall, Heinrich To EPA: Halt Methane Standards Roll Back
WASHINGTON - Ahead of the public comment period that began this week for a proposal to weaken methane standards, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-N.M.) along with 19 of their colleagues in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the public comment period for the rule and provide adequate justification for modifying the national standards. In 2016, the EPA adopted the New Source Performance Standards (… Continue Reading
October 15, 2018
Senate Passes Udall-Heinrich Resolution Honoring Nuclear Weapons Workers
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Senate passage of a bipartisan resolution, with Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and others, to designate October 30, 2018 as the 10th National Day of Remembrance to honor the thousands of New Mexicans and Americans who helped develop, support, and maintain the nation's nuclear weapons efforts during the Cold War. The full text of the resolution is available HERE. "During the Cold War, thousands of New Mexicans sacrifi… Continue Reading
October 15, 2018
Udall, Heinrich Announce $435,000 In Federal Funding To Address Food Insecurity
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced $435,000 in new federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Community Foods Project and Planning grant program to address food insecurity in New Mexico. "Far too many New Mexicans facing food insecurity suffer from serious health issues, financial hardship, and endless anxiety -- about where the next meal will come from, and how to put food on the … Continue Reading
October 12, 2018
Udall, Heinrich Secure Vital Drought Provisions for NM in Water Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate in voting 99-1 to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a bill that authorizes Army Corps of Engineers water projects nationwide and includes core provisions of Udall and Heinrich's New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act, among other New Mexico benefits. Last month, the House voted to unanimously approve the water infrastructure bill. The bill now goes to the president's desk to be signed i… Continue Reading
