Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández Announce $120 Million for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $120 million for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project using funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Reclamation Water Settlements […]
Members of N.M. Congressional Delegation Welcome $231 Million for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative’s Green Hydrogen Project
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.), welcomed $231 million in federal funding for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Village of Questa, N.M. Green Hydrogen Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Empowering Rural America Program (ERA). This funding will support […]
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $172 Million for Road and Rail Safety and Connectivity Improvements
Washington, D.C. – 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.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $172,299,188 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support a series of infrastructure projects to enhance connectivity and safety for rail, pedestrians, vehicles, and […]
Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Call on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Protect Caja del Rio, Push for National Monument Designation
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) called on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to protect the Caja del Rio. “We write to urge you to protect the Caja del Rio plateau […]
Following Luján’s Urging, CFPB Announces Rules to Block Inclusion of Medical Debt on Credit Reports
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) decision to finalize a rule that will block the inclusion of medical debt on credit card reports. The CFPB estimates that $49 billion in medical bills will be removed from credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans. Blocking […]
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $137 Million in Federal Funding to Support Disaster Recovery in Response to Roswell and Chaves County Flooding and South Fork and Salt Fires
Washington, D.C. – Today, 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.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $137,178,000 in federal funding to support disaster recovery needs associated with the destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County as well as the South Fork and […]
