Honorable Mark Udall
United States Senator, New Mexico, Democrat
Senator Udall was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 and in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998. He sits on the following committees: Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources, where he chairs the Subcommittee on National Parks; and the Special Committee on Aging. The following is from the January 5, 2011, Senate floor debate on amending the Rules of the Senate. I have worked very hard with all of my colleagues, including my two colleagues from Iowa and Oregon, Senators Harkin and [Jeff]…