Heinrich, Luján Call Out Trump Administration’s Wrongful Targeting of DACA Recipients
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 39 Senate Democrats to press U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration’s wrongful targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in its cruel mass deportation scheme. The senators cited a troubling statement from DHS […]
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $21 Million to Improve New Mexico’s Airports
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $21,239,759 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for upgrades at airports across New Mexico. These grants are funded by Congress through the FAA’s Airport Infrastructure Grant Program and […]
Luján To Secretary Kennedy: It’s Clear You’re Not Listening To Qualified Experts
Washington, D.C. – Today, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) pressed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on ignoring well-established science and endangering the health of the American people. Prior to the Finance Committee hearing, Senator Luján joined all Finance Committee Democrats […]
Luján, Bennet, Crapo, Hickenlooper, Risch Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Invest in America’s Forests and Watersheds
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and James Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the Headwaters Protection Act to invest in America’s forests and watersheds by expanding two key U.S. Forest Service (USFS) programs. The two programs together prevent water pollution at the source, improve the health […]
Heinrich, Luján Announce Legislation to Protect New Mexico Workers from Extreme Heat
WASHINGTON As temperatures climbed to historic levels once again this summer, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), announced legislation that would implement workplace heat stress protections in New Mexico and nationwide. “Every day, thousands of New Mexicans work to maintain our grid, build our roads, care for our favorite open spaces, […]
Heinrich, Luján, Colleagues Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act
Heinrich & Luján fight for affordable child care while Trump & Republicans attack Head Start & cut federal child care programs to give massive tax handouts to billionaires WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, joined U.S. Senators […]
