Luján, Fischer Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Universal Service Fund
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Universal Service Fund (USF): “We’re encouraged by the Supreme […]
As Congressional Republicans Take An Axe To Clean Energy, Luján Reintroduces Commonsense Legislation To Expand Access To Solar Energy For Families And Businesses
Republican Lawmakers Are Working To Cut Funding For Clean Energy; Luján’s Bill Offers A Practical, Commonsense Solution For Our Energy Future Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Community Solar Consumer Choice Act, legislation that would support community solar projects and expand access to solar energy across the country, regardless of one’s income or ability to host a solar system on […]
Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández, And Over 40 Members of the House and Senate Tell the Trump Administration: Reverse Course and Fully Implement Broadband
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Representative Terese Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and over 40 of their colleagues called on Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to fully implement the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program as Congress […]
Luján Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran
Santa Fe, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: “Americans have made it clear they do not want to be dragged into another endless war in the Middle East. Yet President Trump went against the American people without sharing any evidence to prove […]
Luján: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill text: “Senate Republicans unveiled their reconciliation bill – and it’s even more extreme than the House version. It would make the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care […]
Heinrich, Luján, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that limited a nationwide injunction to Texas. The […]
