Luján, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Stop Grocery Price Gouging and Lower Costs for Americans
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, legislation that bans corporations from leveraging new technologies to increase grocery prices for Americans. Specifically, the legislation prohibits […]
Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández Statement on FEMA Announcement Regarding Hermit’s Peak Claims Office Leadership
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announcement regarding Hermit’s Peak Claims Office leadership: “The FEMA announcement, following calls for action from the New Mexico delegation, is a step in the […]
Luján, Blackburn Reintroduce Legislation to Strengthen Weather Forecasting
Luján, Blackburn Reintroduce Legislation to Strengthen Weather Forecasting Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Co-Chairs of the Senate National Labs Caucus, reintroduced the bipartisan Advanced Weather Model Computing Development Act to authorize a collaborative research partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Department of […]
Luján Speaks Directly with FAA Administrator, Calls for Classified Briefing Over Airspace Closure
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee with jurisdiction over the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), issued the following statement after speaking with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford over airspace closures in Texas and New Mexico: “I just spoke with the Administrator of the […]
Luján, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Develop, Demonstrate, and Deploy Technologies to Accelerate Nuclear Waste Cleanup
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Combining Laboratory Expertise to Accelerate Novel Solutions for Minimizing Accumulated Radioactive Toxins (CLEAN SMART) Act, legislation that would build on the success of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship (NNLEMS) […]
Luján Joins Schumer and Wyden to Block Trump From Enriching Himself Off The Backs Of American Taxpayers
NYT: How Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member, and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Stop Presidential Embezzlement Act that would […]