Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement after voting in support of H.Res 489, a resolution condemning the President’s inflammatory tweets directed at freshmen members of Congress:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small, and members of the U.S. House, introduced legislation to expand compensation for individuals exposed to radiation while working in and living near uranium mines or downwind from nuclear weapon test sites.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement after successfully passing an amendment to the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that extends residential broadband internet access to thousands of military families and services on military installations in rural areas.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2), member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2500, the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act:
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland and Xochitl Torres Small continued to fight for communities and businesses impacted by PFAS contamination in groundwater around Air Force bases in New Mexico and across the country.
$750,000 in funds will expand physician workforce in rural areas
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Otero County Hospital Association will receive a $749,933 grant as part of the Rural Residency Planning and Development Program.
Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Torres Small issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a “management alert” on dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults in the Rio Grande Valley at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2), a member of the bipartisan Task Force Sentry, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2722, the Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act.