WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senate Democrats highlight successes of ACA and how they have built on the landmark law to further lower health care premiums and prescription drug costs State-By-State Fact Sheets Show How Republican Calls to Repeal the ACA Jeopardizes Health Care for Millions of People Across the Nation--MORE HERE Ahead of the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this Saturday, Senate Democrats are tout  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Children's Act for Responsible Employment in Agriculture (CARE) Act to ensure child protections and safety standards for children in the agricultural workforce. Agriculture is the only industry with labor laws that allow children as young as 12 to work with virtually no restrictions on the number of hours they work outside of school. Across the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSres) -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Council of Economic Advisers released the annual Economic Report of the President (the Report). Per statute, the JEC provides an annual response and recommendations to the Report. "Pres  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced that he secured $15,416,195 million for 26 projects across New Mexico in the final appropriations package covering Congressionally Directed Spending funding across three subcommittees. The projects Senator Lujan secured include investments in flood and fire mitigation, health care access, small business support, and workforce development. "I'm proud   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), and HELP Committee members to highlight their three-month investigation into the outrageously high cost of inhalers that resulted in three major companies capping out-of-pocket costs for inhalers at $35. Chair Sanders and Senators Lujan, Ed Markey   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), welcomed $10 million for multi-purpose facilities for Tribes under the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund (CPF). This investment will fund New Mexico's Tribal Library Broadband-Ready Facility Impr  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) today welcomed an announcement of historicfederal funding of up to $8.5 billion to expand American semiconductor manufacturing, including in New Mexico. This new funding is made possible by an agreement  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: () -- Earlier this week, President Biden announced that Intel will receive $8.5 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to expand operations in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon. "Investments from the CHIPS and Science Act in Oregon's Silicon Forest will help our region remain one of the world's most important semiconductor and technology ecosystems," said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1). "I'  more