Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) testified in a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties about the importance of strengthening the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. Senator Luján previewed that he will

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber issued the following statements after a virtual press conference on how the American Rescue Plan will help Santa Fe curb the COVID-19 pandemic and bolster vaccine distribution, support students and schools, and provide assistance for

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement marking the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law: “Eleven years after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, this landmark legislation is more crucial than ever. Despite countless attacks from congressional Republicans, the ACA has persevered. It has cut New Mexico’s uninsured

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary: “The Department of Labor will play a crucial role in America’s effort to recover and rebuild from this pandemic, which has left millions of Americans out of a job through no fault of their own. The

WASHINGTON (March 19, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are calling on the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to consider the Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW) designation for the Upper Pecos Watershed to safeguard the promise of clean water and increase protections for the watershed. “We