Honorable Thomas Udall
United States Representative, New Mexico, Democrat
Representative Udall was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1998. In the 109th Congress, he served on the Small Business Committee and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, where he was the ranking minority member on the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. The following is excerpted from the December 9, 2006, House floor debate on passage of the Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act conference report. Irise today in opposition to this legislation, and I do so because I believethis bill undermines the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, lacks sufficientsafeguards to prevent Indiafrom continuing to…