Luján Statement on Latest CBO Analysis of Final Republican Budget Bill
Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Predicts Republican Bill Will Add $3.4 Trillion to National Debt Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published analysis that the final version of the Republican Budget Betrayal will add $3.4 […]
Luján Secures Nearly $190 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bills
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico communities through the Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill. From both […]
ICYMI: Luján Pens Joint Op-Ed on 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test and Extension and Expansion of RECA
Washington, D.C. – In Case You Missed It: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, published an opinion piece in the Albuquerque Journal reflecting on the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test and highlighting decades-long work that led to the recent expansion and extension of the […]
Luján Presses Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs on Commitment to Fund and Complete the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, questioned Mr. William Kirkland during a nomination hearing to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior. Specifically, Senator Luján pressed Mr. Kirkland on his commitment to support the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, […]
Luján, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Modernize National Labs
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act of 2025, legislation that would invest in maintenance projects and infrastructure improvements at America’s National Labs. Specifically, the legislation would authorize funding for deferred maintenance projects and infrastructure improvements throughout the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National […]
Luján: GOP Vote to Rip Away Public Broadcasting Funds Endangers Rural and Tribal Communities
1500+ Local Public Radio and TV Stations At Risk of Losing Funding WATCH: Luján Offers Motion to Recissions Package to Protect AMBER & Emergency Alerts WATCH: Luján Sounds Alarm on Dangerous GOP Plan to Gut Public Broadcasting WATCH: Luján Joins Democratic Leadership Press Conference on Cuts Package Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján […]
