Luján, Heinrich Host Roundtable on Public Broadcasting’s Vital Role in New Mexico
Roundtable follows Corporation for Public Broadcasting announcement that Republican budget cut requires it to wind down operations ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, hosted a roundtable with New Mexico’s public broadcasting […]
Luján Secures Over $12 Million for New Mexico Projects in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill
Total Investments for FY26 is $300,585,000 Investments Include Workforce Development, Health Care, and Education Santa Fe, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced over $12 million in federal funding secured for New Mexico through the Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan passage of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations […]
Luján Joins Senate Democrats in Requesting Report on Looming Health Insurance Impacts Following Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Premium Tax Credits
Santa Fe, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and a group of Senate Democrats in requesting a detailed analysis of how Republican-led cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will impact […]
In Senate-Passed Appropriations Bills, Luján Delivers Nearly $190 Million for New Mexico
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico in the Senate-passed Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill. In both Senate-passed appropriation bills, Senator Luján […]
Luján Statement on Major Public Broadcasting Shutdown Announcement Following GOP Funding Cuts
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that it will begin shutting down operations after Congressional Republicans voted to gut its funding: “For decades, CPB has built […]
Luján, Cornyn, Heinrich Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Development of Seedling Nurseries, Reforestation and Habitat Restoration Programs
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that allows funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the development […]
