WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) decision to finalize a rule that will block the inclusion of medical debt on credit card reports. The CFPB estimates that $49 billion in medical bills will be removed from credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans. Blocking medical debt on credit reports will reduce the burden of   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act, legislation that would end the antiquated practice of changing clocks twice a year. "More time for sunshine. Less time changing your clocks. The bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act is a no-brainer. Let's get it passed this Congress," said Heinrich. Daylight Saving Time (DST) was enacted in the United States following   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) welcomed $6,372,354 from the Infrastructure Law -- legislation passed by Democrats in the N.M. Congressional Delegation -- for the Pueblo of Santa Ana to design wildlife corridors complete with wildlife exclusion fencing, overpasses, and underpasses, along 7.6 miles of U  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced his appointment to the United States Senate Committee on Finance, along with retaining key positions from the previous Congress, including: the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; the Committee on Indian Affairs; and the Committee on the Budget. "I am honored to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauds President Biden on signing into law the Native American Child Protection Act and Jenna Quin's Law, two historic pieces of legislation that will help protect children in New Mexico and across the nation. The Native American Child Protection Act, introduced by Senators Lujan and Susan Collins (R-Maine), reauthorizes and reforms three critical  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the certification of the results of the 2024 presidential election: "As I have done throughout my time in Congress, I fulfilled my constitutional duty and voted to certify the results of the presidential election. I will always defend our democratic values, support the certification of free and fair elections  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (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 $137,178,000 in federal funding to support disaster recovery needs associated with the destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County as well as the South Fork and Salt Fires in Lincoln and Ote  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA APHIS Shares Fifteen New States Joining the NMTS and Critical Updates on HPAI Vaccines Across Species Jan. 08, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that 15 additional states have enrolled in the National Milk Testing Strategy, bringing the total number of states to 28 in roughly one month since the program launched. The  more