N.M. Delegation Announces New Resources for Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Recovery
WASHINGTON – 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.) are welcoming two new actions taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in helping New Mexicans recover from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. […]
Luján, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Recognize May as Stroke Awareness Month
Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution to recognize May as Stroke Awareness Month. The resolution encourages continued coordination and cooperation between the federal government, researchers, families, and the public to improve prognoses by increasing access to timely treatments […]
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Interior Decision on Chaco Mineral Withdrawal
WASHINGTON – 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.) released the following statement welcoming the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw federal minerals within the ChacoCulture Heritage Withdrawal Area from future mineral development, including new oil and gas leasing, for the […]
Luján Statement on Averting Unprecedented Debt Default
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation to avoid a first-ever default and protect New Mexico veterans, seniors, and working families: “This bipartisan agreement is far from perfect, but it takes an unprecedented debt default off the table that would […]
Heinrich, Luján Welcome Air Force Decision to Make Kirtland AFB the Preferred Location For Space Delta 11
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are welcoming the announcement that the Department of the Air Force has selected Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. as the preferred location for Space Delta 11, a new training mission that will fall under the U.S. Space Force Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM). “While […]
Luján Introduces Legislation to Increase Multilingual Content Moderation Enforcement and Transparency
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to introduce the Language-Inclusive Support and Transparency for Online Services (LISTOS) Act to improve multilingual large language models, automated decision-making systems, and content moderation practices online to better protect non-English speaking communities. The LISTOS Act requires online platforms […]
