New Mexico’s two possible options for establishing its 2nd Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives differ particularly in their positions on the key issues facing the state and country and on what the headquarters’ priorities will be as the state and country recover from the adequacy of the COVID-19 crisis.
Outgoing U. S. Democratic rep. Xochitl Torres Small and former New Mexico state representative Yvette Herrell first faced off for the post representing southern New Mexico in Congress in 2018, when Torres Small narrowly won elections days after the electorate went to the polls after thousands at the non-red votes were counted.
Herrell won his party’s nomination in June by decisively defeating Roswell’s oil and fuel leader Claire Chase and Las Cruces businessman Chris Mathys in the number one choice, winning most in up to 33 New Mexico counties.
On November 3, the new Mexicans of the 2nd District will move to the polls to which candidate will constitute them in Congress, while opting for U. S. senators and the president of the United States.
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While a member of the Democratic Party, Torres Small said one of the hallmarks of his tenure was embracing some of the highest conservative values in southern New Mexico while located a non-unusual floor with a varied electorate in the vast district stretching from the eastern border of New Mexico to Texas to its eastern border with Arizona.
The district also all of New Mexico’s southern outer border with Mexico.
Torres Small said he had achieved that balance by locating a non-unusual floor in questionable issues such as border security and immigration.
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He highlighted his bipartisan efforts to develop detection of illegal ingredients at ports of entry, saying that 87% of illegal drugs arriving in New Mexico from Mexico pass through those checkpoints, while 15% of advertising cars are scanned.
In partnership with U. S. Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Torres Small said he had led a pilot assignment to supply 100 percent digitization at the port of entry of Santa Teresa near El Paso, while conducting a mile-by-mile investigation of the Mexican border. Strengthen border security.
“We know the other demanding situations we face across the border depending on where you are. This reinforces the explanation of why we want a mile-by-mile analysis,” Torres Small said. “Recently, I took more laws a mile-analysis per mile, so we can locate the most effective technique to secure our border. “
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He said access to physical care would also be a priority for the largely rural community district and prompted its co-sponsor of the law to promote education and investment for rural-focused residency programs.
Torres Small also referred to the Rural Mothers Act, which he led to in the adoption of Congress in the House, which aimed to provide prenatal and postnatal care to mothers in rural communities, while proposing to provide 20% of the fitness budget for COVID-19. assistance, plots went to rural communities.
“As a user representing the maximum rural district represented through a Democrat, I think it is that we bring the disorders of rural communities to either caucus for Democrats and Republicans to listen to in the same way and know how vital it is to serve. rural communities,” Torres Small said.
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For Herrell, supporting the economy by restricting government regulations is a more sensible precedent as the country recovers from a historic recession.
He said the federal government wants to adjust family and business care prices, expand tax cuts, and make federal cuts permanent.
“What we can do in Congress is be in charge of business,” Herrell said. “We can do things to give companies the equipment they want to have less non-public expenses, so they can reinject cash in their businesses and in their employees’ wallets. “
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Herrell said he would also prioritize veterans’ problems, such as waiting periods at the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. But it’s not the first time To receive medical treatment, as well as deregulation of the agricultural industry and to ensure that the US is not able to do so.
He also said that access to national forests and recreational lands is intensified to help this developing sector of New Mexico’s economy.
Finding that balance between fossil fuel extraction and protective herbal resources was critical, Herrell told the 2nd District in Congress.
“Let’s start thinking about restoring the fitness of our forests. The same goes for our oil and fuel industry. We are fortunate to have those extraction products in our state, but we know that based on science and technology, we can do it health-based,” he said.
“We locate that balance, but what we want to do is communicate it. Those who make a living from those resources and live around those resources are the managers. “
Both applicants knew the COVID-19 fitness crisis as the ultimate vital challenge in the run-up to the election and the correct control of the pandemic, they agreed that it is essential for the physical and economic fitness of New Mexico and the country.
Herrell said that many of his constituents were baffled by the description of the media crisis and the factor of masking and social estrangation, but that the ultimate vital challenge that arose from the pandemic was for the economy suffering.
He said New Mexico will have to find tactics to safely reopen the economy, business, and schools as the country seeks a cure.
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And he said it was also vital that all degrees of government paintings combined with recovery.
“We see so much mistrust in the TV media. ” The mask works. No, it’s not like that. ” COVID is a big problem,” Herrell said. “Revitalize and restart our economy, number two and number three: other people need to communicate about our children’s education. “
“Obviously, some of these disorders are federal and some of them will be a state problem, so it’s imperative that we have an association. “
She criticized New Mexico’s leaders and governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, so many saw it as one of the most difficult responses to the crisis in the country, keeping schools and businesses closed, and putting position restrictions while neighboring states like Texas gave the impression of getting up. Maximum aptitude orders.
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Decision-making, Herrell said, will largely leave local communities affected to the fullest through the orders.
“We have a virus with a mortality rate, but I also think we haven’t done the wonderful task of reopening our economy and our schools,” he said. “If we look at the neighboring states of this region, our unemployment rate is almost twice as high. “
When Torres Small took office in 2018, he swore amid a government shutdown because the two sides may not agree on an investment plan for the country.
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This experience, he said, instilled the desire to paint across the aisle, which Torres Small said was also vital to the pandemic and as policy developed to help businesses, open schools and protect their constituents.
“This is the biggest challenge, however, I began my mandate with the challenge of being probably the first Congress to take the oath under the closure of the government and see what effect this has on the new Mexicans I serve. the importance of finding tactics to paint together, ” he said.
“Even as politics heats up, I’m on the ground talking to other Republicans and Democrats who still have to get things done.
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