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Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall (born May 18, 1948) is the senior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 2008, he represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Attorney General of New Mexico from 1991 to 1999.
Udall was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Ermalee Lenora (née Webb) and Stewart Udall, the Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969. Two of his maternal great-grandparents were Swiss. He attended Prescott College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. In 1975, he graduated from Downing College, Cambridge in England with a Bachelor of Law degree. That fall, he enrolled in the University of New Mexico School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1977. Udall then served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Oliver Seth of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. His subsequent legal career included appointments as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the criminal division and Chief Counsel to the New Mexico Department of Health and Environment.
Sen. Tom Udall, Secretary of State get in heated debate over Syria
"The Senate will vote this year on a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress and the states to regulate the nation's campaign finance laws." SUPPORT the 28th Amendment to #GetMoneyOut http://www.wolf-pac.com/petition?=tyt13gmo. "A roll call on the constitutional amendment, written by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), is a direct response to recent Supreme Court rulings seen by Democrats as injecting a new flow of "dark money" into the world of politics. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to formally announce the vote at a Rules Committee hearing on campaign finance reform Wednesday morning that will feature testimony from former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens." Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/senate-campaign-finance-amendment-vote-106179.html#ixzz30a24f...
Sen. Tom Udall explains the Constitutional Option, a way to overcome obstruction and reform the Senate on the first day of the next Congress.
The American Chemistry Council supports Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico. (http://www.tomudall.senate.gov/)
Democratic incumbent Tom Udall fended off Republican challenger Allen Weh to win another term in the U.S. Senate. The Howl's Micaela Eldridge-Lane was at Udall's victory party for the story. The Howl is a weekly online newscast produced by the Daily Lobo
Mark and his cousin Tom, both running for U.S. Senate in neighboring states, appeared on MSNBC's coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) expresses mounting concern about the U.S.'s strategy in Afghanistan, calling on President Obama to stick to his timeline for an "accelerated transition" to the Afghans and emphasizing that our military commitment there should not be open-ended.
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Sen. Tom Udall makes his case for Senate in an exclusive interview
Watch the extended exclusive interview with Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry from the Udall Update with Sen. Tom Udall.
This week on New Mexico in Focus, NMiF Host Gene Grant sits down with Senator Tom Udall in the first of a two-part interview. This week, the focus is on the investigation into the scandal surrounding Veterans Administration hospitals in several states, including New Mexico. Senator Udall talks about getting a handle on the systemic problem at the VA and what he calls a betrayal of people who have served our country.
Fronteras host Edmundo Resendez interviews U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) about the homework technological gap that exists in New Mexico, border security, immigration and the presidential election.
NMiF producer Matt Grubs interviews Senator Tom Udall as he tries to gather enough votes to change the rules governing filibusters in the U.S. Senate.
In this veterans episode of the Udall Update, Sen. Tom Udall interviews Medal of Honor recipient and Santa Fe native, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry. Also on the show, veterans resources in New Mexico and legislation to help get veterans in southern New Mexico better access to care for TBI and PTSD.
The first episode of the Udall Update, hosted by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM). Highlights include an interview with New Mexico's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives and an overview of legislation to combat drunk driving.
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., talks about what the Senate is working on. (This aired as a two-part interview, but the segments were edited together for the Web.)
New Mexico Senator Tom Udall talks the choices we have this election cycle between politics of fear and politics of hope and urges voters to pick the right kinds of leaders that are going to do the right thing.
Following our tradition of allowing graduates to speak at commencement (instead of the President or some outside distinguished speaker), we asked one of our charter class alumni to tell us what Prescott College has meant to them over the past 50 years. Thank you Tom Udall!
U.S. Senator Tom Udall got a preview of future downtown plans, saw the completed Downtown Plaza, and met with business owners on Main Street. Udall says he wants to help continue the downtown revitalization plans by supporting the Main Street program and federal programs that help people develop and grow their communities. “What we have going on here is a completely redone Main Street,” Udall says. “You have a plaza that didn’t exist, this is a new plaza, this is a new space, its attracting cross-cultural and border activities. This is something that people love, seeing something like this.” Udall is also working to increase economic development by introducing the CREATE act to help a community’s artistic influence grow into businesses. “What the CREATE act does is set up a structu...
Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) discuss their efforts to prevent the theft, illegal possession and sale of tribal cultural items at a press conference at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 18, 2016. During the press conference, Udall said he believes S.Con.Res.49, otherwise known as the PROTECT Patrimony Resolution, will gain final passage in Congress in November. The bill calls on the federal government to work more closely with tribes to stop the theft, sale and export of tribal items and to return them to their rightful owners. Udall also said he will push for consideration of S.3127, the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act (STOP Act), a bill introduced by Heinrich. The press conference was followed ...
In a hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Tom Udall highlighted dangerous and deceptive claims by the sports equipment maker "Shock Doctor," which says its mouth guards protect against brain concussions. Udall said such practices put players at unnecessary risk and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to step in and prevent Shock Doctor and other sports equipment manufacturers from marketing their products using false claims about safety.
At an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Senator Tom Udall pressed the FDA to safely expedite alternative treatments to the EpiPen Auto-Injector and shared the stories of New Mexican families struggling to afford this life-saving medical product in the wake of exorbitant price hikes.
At a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, U.S. Senator Tom Udall asked the FCC Commissioners to support efforts to close the homework gap—the inequality of access to the internet facing students in low-income, Tribal and rural communities.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Senator Tom Udall laid out his rules reform proposal to address the broken judicial confirmation process, which has been spotlighted by Judge Merrick Garland's failed nomination for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court.
Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) gives remarks at the Congressional Arts Kickoff Breakfast on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. For more information, check out the Arts Advocacy Day page: www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AAD.
At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Tom Udall discusses the efforts of New Mexico's national labs to safely maintain America's nuclear stockpile.
On September 24, U.S. Senator Tom Udall gave the 16th Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture.
At a press conference today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.), along with Bonnie Lautenberg, widow of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and supporters of chemical safety reform, urged the Senate to act to pass a historic bill to reform the broken Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA).
Former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, Mike Carr from the Department of Energy Office of EERE, and high-level representatives from Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory joined U.S. Senator Tom Udall for a discussion on "Investing in Innovation, Science, and Technology from the Lab Bench to the Market."
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) discusses his proposal for the Constitutional Option at the Center for American Progress event, "Deliberation, Obstruction or Dysfunction?: Evaluating the Modern U.S. Senate and its Contribution to American Governance."
You look best when you're drivingOn the freeway my motor
car is speeding.
Carelessness within your eyes,
Will not heed the engine light's warning, warning.
On roads young girls are learning
To drive automobiles.
Most people just wear me out,
But I feel differently towards you.
I like you when you're driving,
And the future is speeding towards you, towards you.
On roads young girls are learning