Mark Udall
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"Mark Emery Udall" is an American politician who was a United States Senate/United States Senator from Colorado from 2009 to 2015. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . Prior to being elected to United States Congress/Congress, he represented parts of Boulder, Colorado in the Colorado House of Representatives.

A member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party, throughout his career he has proposed legislation to support renewable energy, expand List of areas in the United States National Park System/national parks, and protect natural resources. Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the son of former U.S. Representative Mo Udall/Morris "Mo" Udall. A member of the Udall family, a Western United States/western List of United States political families/American political family, his relatives include New Mexico's Tom Udall and Utah's Mike Lee (U.S. politician)/Mike Lee. Udall United States Senate election in Colorado, 2014/ ran in 2014 for a second term in the U.S. Senate, but was defeated by Republican Cory Gardner.

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I want to assure . . . (that) the state and federal agencies are coordinating their efforts.

This is an opportunity for the delegation to bring all the federal officials and federal entities to the table and assure (the) people of Colorado we're prepared.

Patience in the Congress is running thin thinner. Certainly, privately, there are a lot more conversations occurring across party lines about Iraq.

My concern was it would be subsumed in this very unwieldy bureaucratic entity, ... Most people (now) think what happened was what was predicted would happen.

He shouldn't get a medal and he shouldn't get a promotion; he should get his walking papers, ... I think it is pretty clear that he should not have been hired in the first place.

In this case, it seems pretty obvious Mr. Brown just doesn't have the expertise or experience to head FEMA.

When our Homeland Security Alert System goes to orange, our state and local governments' budgets go into the red. I fear the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress are sacrificing homeland security and other needs in favor of deep tax cuts that will have little or no positive effect on the economy.

We've all heard the stories about people cutting their pills in half, choosing between paying for drugs and paying for food, or forgoing the medications altogether. These folks shouldn't be faced with these choices at all. It's time that Congress help high-risk pools, consumers, employers and state legislatures control the rising cost of healthcare.

Emergency-response management should be based on career expertise and not political connections.