Heinrich, Luján Call for Fuel Deliveries to Hospitals and Water Treatment Centers in Gaza
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are encouraging the Biden administration to work with our Israeli, Egyptian, and UN partners to transport fuel to sites in Gaza where it can be used immediately to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians. Heinrich and Luján released the following joint statement led by U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), […]
Heinrich, Luján, Welch Lead Bipartisan Letter Calling on Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to Streamline Broadband Funding for Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 11 of their colleagues in calling on the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand the accessibility of the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program […]
Luján, Risch, Schrier, Chavez-DeRemer Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Legacy Road and Trail Transparency
Luján, Risch, Schrier, Chavez-DeRemer Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Legacy Road and Trail Transparency Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and James Risch (R-Idaho) joined U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve transparency of the Legacy Road and Trail Remediation (LRTR) Program. […]
Heinrich, Luján Push to Save Program that Lower Costs of High-Speed Internet
Program Saves Millions of New Mexicans Money on Internet; Without Extension, New Mexicans Could See $30 to $75 Increase Each Month on Their Internet Bill WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, urged Congressional leaders to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity […]
Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Welcome $26.7 Million Federal Investment in Northern N.M. Grid Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — 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.) welcomed $26.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program for two projects in northern New Mexico as part of the largest federal investment in America’s electric grid in history. The […]
Luján, Welch Applaud FCC Vote to Provide Support for Wi-Fi on School Buses Through E-Rate Program
FCC Vote Marks Years-Long Effort by Luján, Bipartisan Legislators to Close Homework Gap Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to expand eligibility for the E-Rate program to reimburse schools that equip […]
