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Washington, D.C—Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) voted to provide critical support for the United States Postal Service (USPS) to ensure New Mexicans across central and southern parts of the state can continue to receive the goods, services, and medications they rely on an everyday basis.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) voted to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, which invests critical infrastructure funding to improve the country’s crumbling roads and bridges, schools, high-speed internet service, and water and wastewater systems as the country confronts post COVID-19 economic recovery.
Washington, D.C.–Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to include Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02)’s amendment to H.R. 2 that dedicates $100 million to improvements projects at land ports of entry (POE) like Santa Teresa POE. As the House crafted H.R. 2, an infrastructure package that puts Americans back to work, Torres Small advocated for the needs of border and trade dependent communities, like those in southern New Mexico.
Las Cruces, N.M. – This week, Reps. Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02), member of House Armed Services Committee, and Jason Crow (CO-06) introduced DoD Water Act, legislation to address water scarcity at military installations in New Mexico and nationwide. With water being vital to missions from training operations to weapons testing, the legislation will ensure the Department of Defense (DoD) is equipped to evaluate water use and scarcity.
Washington, D.C.—Last week, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) introduced the bicameral Border Health Security Act of 2020, a new bill to strengthen multi-country cooperation to screen for infectious diseases and support vital public health initiatives in border communities that face unique cross-border challenges.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) announced her appointment to the House Agriculture Committee:
Washington, DC–Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee passed Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM-02) and Rep. Debbie Lesko’s (R-AZ-08) and recently introduced bill, H.R. 5828—DHS Illicit Border Tunnel Defense Act, which authorizes funding for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to remediate illicit, cross-border tunnels and directs CBP to create a strategic plan to improve and expand upon tunnel interdiction operations at the southern border.
Washington, DC – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee moved forward legislation to invest in federal law enforcement training introduced by Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) and recommended the bill for consideration before the full House of Representatives. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act received support from both sides of the aisle and passed unanimously.
Washington, DC – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation led by Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM-2) as part of her efforts to enact strong, smart, and fair solutions to the country’s broken border security and immigration system. Congresswoman Torres Small, Chairwoman of the Oversight, Management and Accountability Subcommittee, championed this bipartisan legislation to improve border security through enhanced detection technology at land ports of entry.
Washington, DC – Torres Small announced today that Dr. Steven Stewart, a family medicine practitioner at Socorro General Hospital, will join her as her guest at the State of the Union in Washington, DC, today, February 4, 2020. Dr. Stewart* has been serving patients in rural New Mexico at Socorro General since 2010.