New Mexico Congressional Delegation Marks Second Anniversary of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Highlights How the Landmark Legislation is Delivering for New Mexico
WASHINGTON — On the two-year anniversary of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are highlighting how the landmark legislation has delivered billions of dollars in historic infrastructure investments to New Mexico. […]
Luján, Hoeven Introduce Legislation to Improve DOE/USDA Interagency Coordination
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced the Department of Energy (DOE) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Interagency Research Act to require interagency collaboration on activities including environmental science, electric grid modernization, and rural technology […]
Heinrich, Luján Join Majority of Democratic Caucus to Push for More Information Around Strategy to Defeat Hamas and Protect Civilians in Gaza
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 23 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden. The letter comes as the United States Senate is considering the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Supplemental Request, which includes aid to Israel. In the letter, the […]
NTIA Heeds Luján, Heinrich, Welch’s Call to Streamline Broadband Funding
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) welcomed the announcement from the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program’s expansion to […]
Luján, Blackburn Introduce Update To BOTS Act To Help FTC Combat Bots In Online Ticket Marketplace
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for (MAIN) Event Ticketing Act to strengthen enforcement of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016 and better protect consumers in the online ticket marketplace. “Fans of all genres face excessive price-gouging for tickets from online bots and resellers. Live entertainment is […]
Luján, Van Hollen, Merkley Urge Biden Administration to Protect Palestinian Communities in the West Bank
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge the Israeli government to uphold the rule of law in the West Bank and discourage extremist settlers from violent attacks against Palestinian communities. The destabilizing impact of such violence […]
