WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, applauds the passage of an additional $7.0 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program and $3.08 billion for Rip-and-Replace in a mark-up on Thursday in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Earlier this year in a letter to House and Senate leadership, Senator Lujan u  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Lawmakers sent letter to the Biden administration to make further investments to address long-term drought caused by climate changeToday, the Biden administration approved $400 million for Western states after U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), member of the Agriculture Committee, alongside New Mexico delegation members and Western state lawmakers, called on the administration to make further investment  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: During a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) markup, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Alaska) spearheaded the committee passage of bipartisan legislation to advance the reauthorization of the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act (Autism CARES). This bill renews federal support for research, services, and training   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), both members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), held a panel with civil society leaders, moderated by Maria Curi of Axios, on digital election disinformation in non-English languages. The Senators and panelists discussed the impacts of election falsehoods in non-English languages, the risks this poses to the integrity of th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Bipartisan Legislation Blocked by Senate RepublicansSenator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate vote of the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act:"Families in New Mexico and across America need and deserve a fair tax system that works for them, not just corporati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,792,276 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve airports across New Mexico. The FAA grants will fund airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at nine airports across New Mexico  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez called on House leadership to fully fund the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). In a letter to House leadership, they emphasized the urgent need for federal disaster relief funding to support New Mexico communities affected by recent natural disaste  more