Acting BLM Director supports selling off public lands

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., lead Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined a group of Senate Democrats Oct. 2 urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to terminate William Perry Pendley’s authority as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management. In the letter, the senators outline their concerns with Pendley’s advocacy for the widespread sale of public lands, his efforts to roll back key conservation laws, and his long-held...

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State senate loses a champion for Northern N. M.

Senator Cisneros, D-Questa, died Sept. 17, at the age of 71 of a suspected heart attack.

He represented District 6 since 1985. Cisneros served as chair of the interim Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee and vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee.

Senator John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, told the N.M. Political Report that Cisneros served on the Senate Finance Committee as the vice-chair.  Smith said, “He was very, very responsible when it came to state finances.”  He added that he and Cisneros often ‘chuckled together’ and spoke every day.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, told the Report Sept 17, “I am...

Rural MOMS Act has bipartisan support

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Xochitl Torres Small introduced the Rural MOMS Act of 2019, H.R. 4243 on Sept. 9 , alongside Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., Rep. Abby Finkenauser, D-Iowa, Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., to improve healthcare access for new and expecting mothers in rural communities across the country. This bipartisan bill will make important strides toward addressing rural maternal mortality and morbidity rates nationwide by expanding convenient and consistent access to healthcare services for pregnant women and new mothers in remote areas.

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