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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S.
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) applauds the passage of the bipartisan America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, which passed the House by a voice vote and will reauthorize critical wildlife conservation programs, in addition to addressing the threats of emerging wildlife diseases and invasive species.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) led southern border Representatives in urging House leadership to reauthorize the Donations Acceptance Program (DAP), which is set to lapse on December 16, 2020.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the House passed the Maternal Health Improvement Act of 2020 by voice vote this week.
Washington, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) joined the House Problem Solvers Caucus in presenting a bipartisan COVID-19 relief plan to get lawmakers back to the negotiation table as progress stalls on a new federal relief package.
Torres Small Joins Trump at White House for Signing Ceremony of Middle East Normalization Agreements
Washington, D.C—Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) released the following statement after attending President Trump’s White House signing ceremony for the Abraham Accords, which establish historic peace agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain:
Las Cruces, N.M. – U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) announced New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will receive $10,566,226 from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue studying carbon storage in northwestern New Mexico over the next three years.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S.
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Henrich (D-N.M.) and U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Torres Small issued the following statement after learning of the passing of Private Corlton L. Chee, native son of Pinehill, New Mexico:
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small has introduced legislation that would give additional funding to health care providers struggling to keep their doors open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LAS CRUCES - U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., is hoping to deliver on a long-running promise this month when Congress considers legislation guaranteeing full annual appropriations to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
On May 22, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small introduced a bill that would expand the amount of federal funding rural hospitals and clinics can get from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund should it be passed.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some New Mexico dairies have reported average monthly losses of more than a quarter-million dollars as fallout from the coronavirus outbreak mounts. Ranchers have seen cattle prices plummet amid supply chain problems, and farmers are starting to worry about potential labor shortages when harvest time comes.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small voted Thursday in support of H.R. 266, the Interim Emergency Coronavirus Relief Package, also known as The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.
LAS CRUCES - As rural communities within New Mexico weather the novel coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., has joined with other members of Congress to call on the federal government to create a task force dedicated to addressing the challenges the pandemic presents to those communities.
U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-NM, along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers from both houses of Congress are urging the Trump Administration to create a task force to help rural communities with the challenges they face as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small wants to get more money to businesses that are struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.
She said lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, are working on another relief package.
New Mexico farmers and ranchers were at a big disadvantage when it came to one of the Small Business Administration’s coronavirus relief loan programs, says a New Mexico congresswoman.
The Roswell Air Center will receive $1.23 million as part of the $2 trillion federal emergency relief act that has allocated money for businesses, nonprofits, government entities and individuals.
New Mexico’s small towns could be getting federal relief funding as communities wrangle with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, leading to closure of local businesses and increased need for medical supplies to treat the virus and track its spread.
Carlsbad was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in two ways: businesses closed to stop the disease’s spread as it traveled throughout the country and world, and plummeting oil prices resulting from a drop in demand threatened to damage the industry responsible for most of the region’s economic development.
SANTA FE – Rural hospitals that have suspended non-urgent procedures while bracing for a surge in coronavirus patients have begun receiving a temporary financial lifeline from the federal government, members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced.
In much of the country, even those with COVID-19 symptoms are struggling to get tested for the virus. But in New Mexico, an extremely rural and low income state, the governor announced last week that certain residents without symptoms can now get tested.
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small has big plans for New Mexico’s economic recovery, which she outlined during a telephone town hall with 200 business leaders this week.
U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small held a telephonic town hall Sunday evening to answer questions about the coronavirus pandemic and the government response to COVID-19, as well as address the ripple effect that social restrictions associated with the virus have had on New Mexico’s economy. She was joined on the call by four top level members of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration and Dr.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Rep. Xochitl Torres Small admits her appointment to the House Agriculture Committee is a bit personal.
The first-term Democrat said her grandparents were migrant farm workers, which inspires her to make life better for people involved in the agriculture industry.
LAS CRUCES — A bill subjecting every vehicle and cargo container passing through a legal border crossing into the United States to a scan search is closer to becoming law.
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn launched a new House Task Force on Rural Broadband to provide coordination and leadership to end the rural-digital divide.
WASHINGTON—Today, the Blue Dog Coalition announced its policy task forces for the 116th Congress.