Luján Presses FAA for Answers After El Paso and Santa Teresa Airspace Closure
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had lifted the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, after earlier stating the closure would last 10 days: “El Paso airspace has been reopened, and commercial and non-commercial flights have resumed. Keeping our […]
Luján, Booker, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Prevent Politicization of Public Safety Grants
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Federal Grant Neutrality Act, legislation designed to stop the politicization of Department of Justice (DOJ) federal grants and prevent the DOJ from imposing unfair conditions on jurisdictions represented by Democrats. The bill ensures that […]
Luján, Morelle, Gluesenkamp Perez Continue Fight for Consumers’ Right to Repair
The Fair Repair Act would help consumers save hundreds of dollars a year; Gives small businesses and everyday Americans the right to repair their own products, like cell phones, computers, and more Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Congressman Joe Morelle (D-NY-25), and Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-03), introduced the Fair Repair Act, […]
Luján, Gillibrand, Cohen, DeSaulnier, Ross Introduce Legislation to Protect Drivers from Fatal Tractor Trailer Truck Accidents
The Stop Underrides Act 2.0 would require side underride guards on new trucks and direct additional research and data collection about underride crashes Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10), and Deborah Ross (D-NC-2) introduced the Stop Underrides Act 2.0, legislation to help prevent deadly truck underride […]
Heinrich, Luján Join Effort to Uphold Protections for Kids in Immigration Detention
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 25 of their Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging the Court to uphold the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which sets critical minimum standards for children in immigration detention and continues to be the […]
Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Call on Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Director to Resign, FEMA to Conduct Independent Review
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.) issued the following joint statement: “Jay Mitchell has lost the trust of Northern New Mexico. He must resign. “As authors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, we have been clear that the Claims Office […]
