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July 12, 2019 Press Release

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.

July 9, 2019 Press Release
The bill is named after Esther Martinez, an Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo traditional storyteller and Tewa language advocate who passed away in 2006. It amends existing law to reauthorize two federal Native American language programs at the Administration for Native Americans until 2024, expand eligibility for those programs to smaller-sized Tribal language programs, and allow both programs to offer longer grant periods.
July 9, 2019 Press Release

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.

July 3, 2019 Press Release

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:

July 1, 2019 Press Release
USDA funding will connect residents to sewage infrastructure, increase access to clean water, and boost rural development
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July 1, 2019 Press Release

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.

June 28, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted Ruidoso deadline extensions on its flood projects:

June 27, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 3401, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act of 2019:

June 27, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision regarding the inclusion of a citizenship question as a part of the 2020 U.S. Census:

June 26, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-2) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed $4.5 billion in additional funding to address the crisis facing border communities as they respond to the increased number of families voluntarily presenting at the U.S.-Mexico border:

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