Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Holding the gavel for the first time, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband’s first hearing of the 117th Congress. Titled “Shot of Truth: Communicating Trusted Vaccine Information,” the hearing examined how the media is disseminating vaccine safety and COVID-health related information to encourage Americans, particularly those in

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, participated in a hearing examining the COVID-19 response in Native communities. Senator Luján questioned Rear Admiral Michael Toedt, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer for the Indian Health Service (IHS) and underscored the importance of providing vaccination data disaggregated by Tribe. Senator Luján highlighted

Healthy Families Act would ensure workers can earn paid sick days and help keep families, communities and our economy healthy 1 in 4 private sector workers—or 32 million people—still lack paid sick days Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

WASHINGTON (April 14, 2021) – 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 a $1.3 million grant to Rocky Mountain Youth Corps that will accelerate the construction of a new workforce development training facility in Taos, New Mexico. Rocky Mountain Youth Corps provides comprehensive workforce development training and educational

WASHINGTON (April 14, 2021) – 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.) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded over $8.5 million in COVID-19 relief grants, in addition to over $2.8 million announced in March, to 28 New Mexico airports. The funding is being made available through the

WASHINGTON (April 13, 2021) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing the urgent need to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to peacefully and effectively stem the threat of Iran’s nuclear program. In the letter, the senators emphasized the importance