Mark Udall | Video http://markudall.senate.gov News & other important information from Senator Mark Udall. en-us Copyright 2013 Mark Udall Wed, 22 May 2013 05:14:19 EST Udall Advocates for Balance on Unmanned Aerial Systems Use, Privacy Concerns Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered remarks at the RTI International policy forum in Washington, D.C., about Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), the potential of the UAS industry, privacy concerns surrounding the use of UASs and how our legal framework can accommodate their development.

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]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3409 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:50:00 EST Udall Urges Senate to Level the Playing Field for Main Street Businesses, Colorado Retailers Mark Udall urged his colleagues to pass the bipartisan Marketplace Fairness Act, a common-sense bill to level the playing field for Main Street businesses and Colorado's brick-and-mortar retailers. The proposal would end the competitive advantage online-only retailers have over local businesses by authorizing states to require that out-of-state retailers collect local sales taxes that are already owed under current law. The legislation would ensure that Colorado Main Street retailers are not penalized for creating jobs in Colorado.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3342 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:27:00 EST Udall Presses Energy Secretary Nominee on Support for NREL and Climate Change Initiatives Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed Dr. Ernest Moniz, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Energy, on his vision for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, which has developed innovations in renewable energy technologies and generated over 5,500 jobs in Colorado. Udall also addressed climate change as a priority for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Udall addressed climate change as a priority for the Department of Energy: 'Climate change is happening in Colorado - we've had unprecedented droughts, we've had low snow years, we have forest ecosystems that are being savaged by the bark beetle, we had enormous fires last year - I think it's time to act. There's great opportunity presenting itself to us in the context of national security, job creation and, of course, environmental benefits,' Udall said during the hearing. 'Colorado's balanced mix of traditional and renewable sources of energy is a model for our country to move toward lowering carbon emissions and reducing the effects of climate change,' he added later.

Udall also questioned Moniz on the potential of small modular reactors in generating safe nuclear power. Udall believes that safe nuclear energy is part of a silver buckshot strategy in our country's pursuit of developing sustainable, renewable and domestic sources of energy. Udall has been a supporter of developing the promising future of safe nuclear energy and introduced legislation in past sessions of Congress.

Moniz agreed that small modular reactors are 'a very promising direction that we need to pursue, where the most innovation is going on in nuclear energy.'

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3293 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:28:00 EST ABC 7 Discusses Udall's Brown Canyon National Monument Proposal On March 28, ABC 7 discussed Udall's Brown Canyon National Monument proposal. Public meetings will be held on the proposal on April 13 and May 18, 2013.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3291 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST Mark Udall Discusses the Future of "America's Best Idea" at National Parks Conference On March 19, 2013, Mark Udall delivered a speech on funding America's national parks in the face of budget constraints. Udall, the chairman of the U.S. Senate National Parks Subcommittee, also discussed the need to preserve the heritage and condition of the nation's expansive parks system for future generations to protect and experience.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3290 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST Senate Passes Udall-Barrasso Amendment to Increase Firefighting, Mitigation Funding Mark Udall's bipartisan and deficit-neutral amendment to increase the funding for fighting wildfire and modernizing the aging air tanker fleet in the 2014 Senate Budget passed by voice vote without objection. The amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), increases the federal budget for wildfire mitigation and firefighting efforts across Colorado and the West by $100 million in 2014.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3289 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST CBS 4 News features Galena Fire, Udall highlights need for wildfire resources http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3288 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST Mark Udall Urges Senate Not to Abandon Military's Pursuit of Energy Innovation Mark Udall spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to oppose amendments aimed at slashing funding for the Defense Department's (DOD) pursuit of alternative energy, alternative fuels and energy efficiency. Udall, who serves on both the Senate Armed Services and Energy and Natural Resources committees, has championed the Defense Department's pursuit of national security through energy security, including successfully fighting last year to maintain Defense Department funding of these critical programs and investments. The U.S. Department of the Navy recently awarded Udall the U.S. Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award based on his leadership on these issues.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3287 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:45:00 EST Mark Udall Presses Intel Chiefs on Transparency, Detention & Interrogation Report Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, pressed the heads of the CIA and other intelligence agencies today on declassifying the committee's report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program and correcting the inaccurate public record on the effectiveness of the program. Udall also pressed new CIA Director John Brennan on recent remarks attributed to unnamed agency officials disputing many of the report's findings, and pushed for an updated deadline for the CIA to provide its comments to the committee on the committee's report.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3214 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:26:00 EST Bloomberg News highlights Udall-Suthers warning to Coloradans on tax-preparation fraud Bloomberg News aired a story with a warning from U.S. Senator Mark Udall and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to Colorado consumers, asking them to beware of tax-preparation fraud, a common scam where tax preparers change return documents to increase the return amounts and steal the refunds.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3201 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:33:00 EST Udall Questions Jewell, Nominee for Interior Secretary, During Confirmation Hearing Mark Udall spoke with Sally Jewell, President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Department of the Interior, during her confirmation hearing. As a member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and chairman of the National Parks Subcommittee, Udall questioned Jewell about her vision for managing our public lands and how she would confront the challenges we face in Colorado and the West.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3215 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:30:00 EST Udall Supports Safeguarding Constitutional Liberties, Limits to Executive Branch Powers Mark Udall spoke on the U.S. Senate floor about congressional oversight of intelligence programs, our constitutional system of checks and balances, and CIA director nominee John Brennan.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3197 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:15:00 EST Udall asks Hickenlooper on potential effects on Colorado of natural gas development During a full committee hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Udall questioned Gov. John Hickenlooper about natural gas development and highlighted the importance of balancing the economic opportunity against protecting the health and well-being of Coloradans.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3216 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:30:00 EST Mark Udall Press Generals on Effects of Sequestration on Space Command, Training Budgets Mark Udall pressed the chiefs of staff for the Army and the Air Force for Colorado impacts if sequestration is triggered and called on his colleagues both in the Senate Armed Services Committee and in Congress to work across the aisle to avert those blunt, automatic cuts.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3217 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:30:00 EST Mark Udall Introduces Gov. Hickenlooper at Hearing on Natural Gas Mark Udall introduced Gov. John Hickenlooper during a full committee hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to explore the opportunities and challenges for increased natural gas development in the United States.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3218 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:30:00 EST Udall Questions Sec. Panetta, Gen. Dempsey on Benghazi Attack At a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Mark Udall questioned Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey on the Department of Defense’s response to the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the findings of its internal review following the attack.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3123 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:19:00 EST Udall Questions Hagel in Confirmation Hearing On January 31, 2013, Mark Udall questioned Secretary of Defense nominee, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, during a U.S. Senate Armed Services hearing.

Udall asked Hagel about his record on Iran and Israel, his views on cybersecurity, and ensuring equal treatment of all military personnel, regardless of their sexual orientation.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3103 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:44:00 EST Udall Urges U.S. Senate to Help Colorado Communities Devastated by 2012 Wildfires On Jan. 24, 2013, Mark Udall went to the U.S. Senate floor to talk about why Congress should provide critical assistance to Colorado communities whose water supplies and infrastructure are threatened by the long-term effects of the High Park and Waldo Canyon fires.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3086 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST Senator Mark Udall Introduction of Judicial Nominee Raymond Moore Mark Udall introduces Raymond Moore to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, calling him 'the right man for the job' and encouraging the Senate to quickly confirm him to prevent harmful judicial backlogs in the Colorado's U.S. District Court.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3220 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:45:00 EST Udall Speech on the FISA Amendments Act Mark Udall gave a speech on the Senate floor this afternoon encouraging his colleagues to amend the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) to better protect Americans from having their communications collected under this law. Udall also encouraged his Senate colleagues to include in the bill better reporting requirements so Congress and the public can know if Americans have had their e-mails and phones calls collected under the FAA.

]]> http://markudall.senate.gov?p=video&id=3012 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:05:00 EST