Senator Tom Udall On Chemical Safety, Navy Week

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Senator Tom Udall gives us an update on new federal chemical safety regulations that he advocated for in Congress in recent years. We also hear from Dr. Cheryl Willman, director and CEO of the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.

It’s Navy Week in Albuquerque. We also stop by a ceremony this week that honors Native American service members in the U.S. Navy.

And host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss the spike in voter registrations, frozen FEMA funds, and ideas for dealing with our state’s budget crisis.

Guests:
U.S. Senator Tom Udall

Correspondents:
Sarah Gustavus

Line Panelists:
Tom Garrity, Garrity Group PR
Sophie Martin, attorney and editor of DukeCityFix.com
Stephen Spitz, host of New Mexico People Places and Ideas on KUNM
Harry Van Buren, professor in UNM Anderson School of Management

Host:
Gene Grant

The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is Sarah Gustavus. Associate Producer is Kathy Wimmer. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation Communications Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation.

Episode 1012 airs September 16, 2016 at 7:00pm on Ch.5.1