Legislative veterans committee to meet in Alamogordo
Alamogordo Daily News
Daily News Report
Posted: 11/04/2009
SANTA FE - The interim legislative Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee has rescheduled its two-day meeting
in southern New Mexico for Nov. 9-10.
The committee was created by statute during the first session of the 49th Legislature to conduct hearings relating to military and veterans' issues and to report back to the New Mexico Legislature, Congress, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense with recommendations.
The committee was scheduled to meet on Oct. 15 and 16, but Gov. Bill Richardson's announcement that a special session would begin Oct. 17 gave rise to scheduling concerns.
"Legislative members are expected to attend caucus and other meetings in preparation for the special session," State Rep. Nate Coté said. "Those pre-session engagements would have conflicted with the committee meeting, and military communities in Las Cruces and Alamogordo deserve the full attention of the committee.
"I am very proud that the committee will still have its two-day meeting, now scheduled to meet on Nov. 9 in Las Cruces to focus on the needs of that community and White Sands Missile Range, as well as meeting in Alamogordo on Nov. 10 to focus on the needs of that community and Holloman Air Force Base," Coté said.
A tentative agenda of the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee is posted on the New Mexico Legislature Web site. The agenda is always subject to change and should be reviewed frequently.
The agenda is online at http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/agecalendars_interim.aspx.
