U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed the unanimous vote in the Senate to pass their legislation to rename the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic
On July 13, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to honor and commemorate U.S. veterans with dignity and respect.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill.
On July 13, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led their colleagues in a bicameral letter to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) expressing their disapproval of the recent decision to not seek public comment on a petition by Public Citizen requesting that the FEC clarify that the existing law against “fraudulent misrepresentation” in campaign advertisements extends to the use of deceptive AI in advertisements.
On July 12, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed $25 million for New Mexico to implement the REGROW Act, legislation he championed in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up and remediate abandoned gas and oil wells.
On July 11, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) reintroduced the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act to require commercial websites and mobile apps to create a simple, readable, and accessible summary of their terms-of-service agreements.
On a ranch in Valle Escondido last Wednesday (July 5), U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, met with local ranchers and producers and Taos County commissioners Darlene Vigil and Ronald Mascareñas to discuss how the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) can support current regenerative agriculture efforts in the county.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
Last week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed White House Senior Advisor Mitch Landrieu to New Mexico to highlight historic investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu and Sen. Martin Heinrich toured a home in Albuquerque’s International District that was having its electrical systems upgraded.
Today my office filed charges against former APD Officer Kenneth Skeens for his role in the unlawful arrest of a customer with disabilities who was struggling to complete his purchase at a Target located in Albuquerque in August of 2022.
This Friday, Attorney General Raúl Torrez and New Mexico Legal Aid are hosting a free legal clinic for those who have been affected by the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Fire.
A U.S. senator and a White House official crowded into a small family home in the International District on Thursday, where they were briefed on a $10,000 home-improvement project underway there.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was joined by Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu and other officials at a press conference today announcing plans to expand broadband access in New Mexico after a $675 million award from the Biden Administration and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
United States federal circuit court judge serving as Special Master in the Texas v. New Mexico water case issued an opinion recommending the United States Supreme Court approve the settlement reached between New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado in November over the division of Rio Grande water south of Elephant Butte dam.
On Monday, July 3, 2023, a United States federal circuit court judge serving as Special Master in the Texas v. New Mexico water case issued an opinion recommending the United States Supreme Court approve the settlement reached between New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado in November over the division of Rio Grande water south of Elephant Butte dam.
U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and James Moylan (R-GU) reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests.