WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Budget Office Nominee on Firing FBI Victim Specialist, Attacks on Social Security Lujan Helped Lead Opposition to Project 2025 Chief Architect to Serve as OMB Director Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of Senate Committee on the Budget, pressed Dan Bishop, the nominee to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on firing caree  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Join Colleagues in Urging USDA to Reinstate Hispanic-Serving Institution Fellowship Program That Has Served New Mexico Students and Educational Institutions Senators to USDA: "The Department's decision to suspend EKDLG Fellowship Program threatens the U.S. agricultural workforce pipeline and the opportunities this program provides educators and students nationwide" NMSU Was Part   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Rosen, Markey Introduce Legislation to Prevent the Political Weaponization of the FCC, Protect First Amendment Lujan Bill Comes Amid FCC Probes Into Broadcasters That Were Previously Dismissed Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Edward J. Mark  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Thune Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Livestock Disaster Assistance Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, reintroduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would enhance the effectiveness and timeliness of multiple U.S. Department of   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Oppose Plans to Use Kirtland & Fort Bliss for Immigration-Related Operations Washington, D.C. - 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.) sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth opposing the   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation Passes Unanimously Out of Senate Committee Washington, D.C. - A slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills introduced by 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.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) passed unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Ind  more