Honorable Tom Udall
United States Senator, New Mexico, Democrat
Senator Udall was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008. He served as New Mexico Attorney General from 1991 to 1999 and as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009. He sits on the following committees: Appropriations, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government; Foreign Relations, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs; Environment and Public Works, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health; Indian Affairs; and Rules and Administration. The following is from the November 21, 2013, Senate floor debate on…