WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on Oct. 3, 2024, for the technical corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act and Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: * * * Bill Summary S. 3406 would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize the appropriation of specific amounts totaling $18 million for three trust funds that are credited with interest. Sp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. To celebrate Latina Equal Pay Day today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced a Senate resolution recognizing October 3, 2024, as Latina Equal Pay Day. More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Latinas make up the second largest group of women workers in the U.S--yet they are paid 57 cents for every dollar paid to white  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. To celebrate Latina Equal Pay Day today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced a Senate resolution recognizing October 3, 2024, as Latina Equal Pay Day. More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Latinas make up the second largest group of women workers in the U.S--yet they are paid 57 cents for every dollar paid to white m  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the co-founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement that its Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is investing $1.5 billion for five electric   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA) announced the introduction of the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to recognize the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy. "Mis hermanas y yo decidimos que y  more