NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL’S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPEECH TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS TUESDAY NIGHT IS HE’LL KEEP URGING THOSE WHO HAVE CONTACTED HIM ABOUT TRUMP TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE INCREDIBLE POWER THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. HE SAYS MANY HAVE CALLED OR WRITTEN TO HIM ABOUT FEELING UNSETTLED AND FEARFUL ABOUT THE DIRECTION TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE THE U-S. HE SAYS THEY’RE DISTURBED BY THE PRESIDENT’S DIVISIVE RHETORIC.
SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH SAYS OF THE TRUMP SPEECH THAT “TRUMP HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNIFY THE COUNTRY AND CLEARLY DID NOT SEIZE IT.”
SENATORS UDALL AND HEINRICH ARE DEMOCRATS.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE SAYS OF TRUMP’S SPEECH THAT HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER TELLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO REVIEW THE WATERS OF THE U-S RULE THAT PUTS SMALL WATERS AND CREEKS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HE SAYS WOTUS WOULD ONLY DRIVE UP COSTS FOR NEW MEXICO LANDOWNERS AND COST THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
