Luján, Hickenlooper, Cornyn, Wicker Introduce Bill to Launch New Era of Spaceports
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján, John Hickenlooper, John Cornyn, and Roger Wicker introduced the bipartisan Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act, which would encourage the development of commercial spaceports through the modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching (STIM) grant program. Spaceports are ground-based launch and reentry sites […]
Members of N.M. Delegation Welcome $3.2 Million Broadband Investments to Navajo Nation
Washington, D.C. – Today, 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 a total of $3.2 million from the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Pine Hill School of the Ramah Navajo Chapter of the Navajo Nation. The ECF provides funding for […]
N.M. Delegation Pushes For Improvements to Medical Support at Cannon Air Force Base
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) wrote to theDefense Health Agency to encourage improved medical support at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), located near Clovis, New Mexico and review any barriers that limit medical services […]
N.M. Delegation Pushes For Improvements to Medical Support at Cannon Air Force Base
N.M. Delegation Pushes For Improvements to Medical Support at Cannon Air Force Base Washington, D.C. – Today,U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) wrote to the Defense Health Agency to encourage improved medical support at Cannon Air Force […]
Heinrich, Luján Welcome $7.6 Million from Infrastructure Law for Lower Pecos Landscape Restoration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announced plans to invest $161 million from the Inflation Reduction Act in ecosystem restoration and resilience work on 21 “Restoration Landscapes” across 11 western states, including $7.6 million to restore the lower Pecos River watershed in southeastern New […]
Amid Growing Concerns Over AI, Luján Pushes NTIA to Create and Implement Responsible Guardrails to Protect Americans
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, urged National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Alan Davidson to create responsible guardrails around Artificial Intelligence (AI) development, governance, and use. Senator Luján specifically outlined language equity, artist and consumer protections, and privacy as key areas where […]
