WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: "Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, or with whom to start their families. Shame on them." PHOTOS Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans once again blocked the passage of the Right to IVF Act, legislation he introduced as an original cosponsor to establish a nationwide right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) are accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with 25 percent or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) led a letter signed by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt the proposed rule requiring disclosure of the use of AI-generated content in political ads on radio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Leger Fernandez released the following statement after voting against a partisan and extreme Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2025 which failed to pass the House tonight by a vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays. "Republicans would take paychecks from servicemembers, close Social Security offices and shutter National Parks to bow to President Trump  more