Luján Tours Las Cruces to Highlight Investments Secured for Southern N.M.
Events include the Children’s Reading Alliance, Remarks to the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce, and New Mexico State University Las Cruces, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) traveled to Las Cruces to highlight Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) secured for early and higher education, and local economies in Southern New Mexico. As […]
Luján Announces Almost $60 Million For Holloman Elementary And Middle Schools On Holloman Air Force Base
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced $59,610,471 to the Alamogordo School District to continue construction of the Holloman Elementary and Middle Schools on Holloman Air Force Base. Once finished, Holloman Elementary School will be able to educate up to 600 students and up to 312 students at Holloman Middle School. This […]
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Establishment Of Orphaned Wells Program Office To Implement Historic Investments From Infrastructure Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming the Biden administration establishing an Orphaned Wells Program Office to ensure effective, accountable, and efficient implementation of the Infrastructure Law’s historic investment in orphaned well clean-up. Last […]
Luján Welcomes Over $5.7 Million In Broadband Funding For New Mexico
Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced two grant awards to the State of New Mexico for broadband infrastructure and digital equity programs to help connect families to affordable, resilient, and secure broadband across New Mexico. This $5.0 million in funding through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and over $700,000 […]
Luján Delivers More Mental And Behavioral Health Care Resources to Las Cruces
Las Cruces, N.M. – Today,U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) met with Las Cruces Fire Department officials to celebrate two Congressionally Directed Spending projects secured to improve social, mental, and behavioral health care services in the Las Cruces community. These federal investments will work in tandem with an innovative initiative in New Mexico, that will place more care-specific responders in the field to help […]
Lujan, Menendez, Padilla, Booker Joint Statement on Biden Administration’s New Border Policies
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) released the following joint statement on the border policies announced by the Biden Administration today, which include the extension of Title 42 and imposing a “transit ban” in the southern border: “While we understand the challenges […]