WASHINGTON, May 16 -- 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. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Delegate James Moylan (R-Guam) and RECA advocates for a press conference calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson to allow a vote on a bill that would strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). As of May 16, the Hous  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Bill continues key program that helps families get emergency help and safety information Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced their Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Poison Control Centers (PCC) Network program through 2029. Identical legislation cleared the Hou  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: This week, during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) asked Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about how the CHIPS and Science Act is revitalizing American semiconductor manufacturing, including at Intel's facility in Rio Rancho, N.M.; the opening of a new Minority Business Development Rural Center in Las  more