Luján, Tillis, Gillibrand, Mullin, Durbin, Cornyn Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Impact Aid Funding for Schools
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize increased funding for Impact Aid programs for federally impacted public school districts, which have significantly less tax revenue to meet their schools’ and students’ needs […]
Luján, Wicker, Young, Kelly Reintroduce Bill to Explore Collecting USF Contributions from Big Tech
Axios: New push to make Big Tech pay more for bandwidth Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M), Roger Wicker (R-Miss), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today reintroduced the Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable (FAIR) Contributions Act. The legislation would direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a study into the […]
N.M. Delegation Announces Over $1.5 Million in Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grants
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.) announced a total of $1,504,234 in Outreach Grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Created by the Infrastructure Law, the ACP provides qualifying low-income households […]
Luján Leads Colleagues to Urge TitleMax to Increase Transparency on Title Loans
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, led a letter signed by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) that urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to better protect consumers from the deceptive practices of the title […]
Heinrich, Vasquez Lead Introduction Of Wild & Scenic Legislation To Protect Gila River
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to designate portions of the Gila River, its watershed and other rivers in the Gila National Forest as Wild and Scenic Rivers. The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act will be a boon to New Mexico’s […]
Luján, Ernst Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Bolster Local Meat Processing Capacity and Support Local Producers
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, reintroduced the bipartisan Expanding Local Meat Processing Act to remove regulatory roadblocks to increase meat processing capacity and allow livestock auction market owners to invest in small and regional packing facilities. U.S. Representatives Mark Alford (R-Mo.) […]
