Luján, Rosen, Markey Introduce Legislation to Prevent the Political Weaponization of the FCC, Protect First Amendment
Luján Bill Comes Amid FCC Probes Into Broadcasters That Were Previously Dismissed Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced the introduction of the Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act, legislation that […]
Luján Presses Budget Office Nominee on Firing FBI Victim Specialist, Attacks on Social Security
Luján Helped Lead Opposition to Project 2025 Chief Architect to Serve as OMB Director Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of Senate Committee on the Budget, pressed Dan Bishop, the nominee to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on firing career civil servants and Elon Musk’s attacks […]
Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation Passes Unanimously Out of Senate Committee
Washington, D.C. – A slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills introduced by 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.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) passed unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today. The legislation next heads to the Senate […]
Luján Introduces Legislation to Modernize Broken Mining Law, Protect Public Lands and Taxpayers
Luján Bill Would Update the 1872 Mining Law Which Has Led to Significant Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025, legislation that would reform the broken 1872 Mining Law. Failure to update the 1872 Mining Law has […]
Luján Statement on President Trump’s Address to Congress
WATCH: Earlier today, Senator Luján’s guest, Katy Anderson, took to a national stage to share the importance of Roadrunner Food Bank’s work and the importance of protecting nutrition programs Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “President Trump’s […]
Luján Condemns Potential Closure of Carlsbad Facility Critical to the Mission of Nation’s Only Repository for the Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to reports stating that the General Services Administration (GSA) is moving to discontinue the government’s lease for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office. DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office employs nearly 200 federal workers who oversee highly radioactive nuclear waste […]
