WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Choose Medicare Act, legislation that gives every American who is not already eligible for Medicaid or Medicare the opportunity to enroll in Medicare. The Choose Medicare Act opens up Medicare to all Americans with a new 'Part E' and builds on the Affordable Care Act. By allowing Medicare to compete with private health insurance, Medicare Part E puts co  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, pressed Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel to provide state-by-state cost estimates of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program. Senator Lujan has consistently raised issues over the CBO's scoring method of the RECA program. During the hearing, Director Swagel committed to convening a meeting to f  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican By: U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez The New Mexico congressional delegation joins countless radiation exposure advocates in New Mexico and across America in continuing to advocate for the extension and expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, program. As we  more