Press Releases

Creative Workers Among the Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led a group of his colleagues in introducing the Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA) to help bolster the creative economy through the creation of a workforce grants program to employ artists and writers to create publicly available art. U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin

Washington, D.C. – As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and an alumnus of a Hispanic-Serving Institution, joined the first-ever Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Caucus for the 117th Congress. Earlier this month, Senator Luján marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month and co-sponsored a resolution to designate the week beginning September 13, 2021,

48 Democrats in the Senate and 188 in the House filed a bicameral amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization WASHINGTON (Sept. 23, 2021) – 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.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), are part of a group of 48 Democrats in the U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. The legislation was led by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Luján in the U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) welcomed the announcement that the Albuquerque International Sunport is receiving $7.1 million in federal investment through the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Sunport will use this federal investment to purchase three new zero-emission vehicles, install overhead charging infrastructure, reconstruct a taxiway, and

Ahead of Sunset Date, Luján Continues Longstanding Effort to Seek Justice for Victims and Survivors  Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. U.S. Representative Teresa Leger