Luján, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expedite Federal Cost-Sharing Relief After Natural Disasters
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recently introduced the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act to expedite producers’ access to federal disaster relief. The legislation would specifically reform the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to provide producers impacted by disasters with the option to receive […]
Heinrich, Luján Introduce Matthew L. Garcia For Consideration To Be U.S. District Judge For The District Of New Mexico
WASHINGTON – Today, before the full Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced Matthew L. Garcia to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico. Senators Heinrich and Luján strongly recommended Garcia to join the District Court of New Mexico and welcomed President Joe […]
Heinrich, Hoeven, Luján Introduce Bipartisan Tribal Connect Act To Increase High-Speed Internet Access On Native Lands
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the bipartisan Tribal Connect Act to make it easier for Tribes to secure high-speed internet access at Native-owned libraries or public institutions through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) Schools and Libraries Program, or E-rate program. […]
Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Welcome $2.9 Million to Improve Digital Technology at New Mexico Highlands University
Washington, D.C. – 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 welcoming $2.9 million in funding from the National Telecommunications Information Administration to New Mexico Highlands University to help develop the use of digital technology in marginalized populations in Northern New Mexico. This grant is awarded by the […]
Luján, Thune Introduce Bill to Improve Livestock Disaster Assistance
Senators’ bipartisan legislation would improve and expedite aid to producers Nambé, N.M. – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, recently introduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would improve the effectiveness and timeliness of multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs […]
After Passing Wildfire Relief For New Mexicans, Luján Meets With Local Leaders in Mora and Las Vegas To Discuss Next Steps
Mora, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to host meeting with local officials from Las Vegas to discuss the passage of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and received an update on the water treatment system following the harm caused by […]
