Luján, Sinema, Kelly, Heinrich, Padilla, Feinstein: Administration Disregarded Congressional Intent, Underfunded Border Communities While Rewarding East Coast Cities
The Shelter and Services Program was authorized by Congress to support Customs and Border Protection manage migrant processing and prevent the overcrowding of short term CBP facilities Border communities – who bear the brunt of CBP decompression activity and who Congress intended to receive the bulk of Shelter and Services funding – received far less funding than East Coast cities such […]
Luján Introduces Legislation to Improve Access to Clean Buses for Rural Communities
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to expand rural communities’ access to clean school buses. Studies have shown that pollution levels in the cabin of existing diesel school buses are 12 times higher than outdoors. This legislation will protect rural students from these harmful diesel emissions by supporting the installation […]
Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández Call on Forest Service to Outline Steps for Upper Pecos Watershed Mineral Withdrawal Assessment
Letter is the latest action taken by the delegation to protect the Upper Pecos Watershed and prevent new mining WASHINGTON – In their latest effort to safeguard the Upper Pecos Watershed from future mineral development, 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 […]
Luján, Leger Fernández, Heinrich Introduce Legislation to Fund and Complete the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation that amends the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project to ensure it has the resources and time needed to reach completion to deliver drinking water to northwestern New Mexico communities. The House companion will be introduced tomorrow by U.S. Representative Leger […]
Luján, Heinrich, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Bill to Invest in America’s Forests and Watersheds
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined their bipartisan colleagues U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and others to introduce the Headwaters Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation would expand support for two U.S. Forest Service (USFS) programs created by Heinrich in the 2018 Farm Bill. The […]
Luján, Murkowski, Hinson, Watson Coleman Introduce Legislation to Combat Maternal and Infant Mortality Crisis
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) reintroduced the Midwives for Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services (MOMS) Act to address the maternal and infant mortality crisis by increasing the number of trained midwives in the United States. The bipartisan legislation […]
