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Statement by Senator Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M.

Statement by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M.

What we do now will define who we are as a Nation. We must focus Congress’ work on creating opportunities for our communities. We must focus on beating this pandemic and fixing our economy.”
On Jan. 7 Leger Fernandez released the following statement:
“This President is a threat to the people and our democracy. We are resolved to do everything we...
Tall in the saddle: Tributes to Sen. Tom Udall for his years of service

Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. has served alongside Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M. in the U.S. Senate since 2013 and in the New Mexico Congressional Delegation since 2009. When he thanked him for his service in prepared remarks made Dec. 8, the day Udall made his farewell speech, Heinrich painted a picture of a man who sat tall in the saddle:
“One of the first times I ever spent any serious time with Tom Udall was actually on horseback.
Tom was serving at that time as the Congressman for northern New Mexico’s 3rd District, while I was leading the Coalition for New Mexico Wilderness.
Together, we rode into the...
‘This has got to stop’: Indigenous activists decry lingering contamination decades after the last uranium mines closed

From the 1940s through the early 1990s, New Mexico produced roughly 70 percent of the uranium in the United States, which was used in nuclear weaponry during the Cold War. Members of Indigenous communities across the state did most of the dangerous mining of the radioactive material, and those communities are still struggling to hold the federal government accountable for cleaning up the toxic contamination that was left behind.
“We...
NM part of Pfizer’s pilot program for COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer announced earlier this month that a preliminary analysis found that the vaccine was over 90 percent effective in preventing illness.
New Mexico—along with Rhode Island, Texas and Tennessee—will take part in the pilot program, which will not include any early distribution of the vaccine.
“The four states included in this pilot program will not receive vaccine...
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