BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Tribal Health Access with Approval of Medicaid State Plan Amendments in Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding access to vital care for American Indian and Alaska Native communities by approving Medicaid State Plan Amendme  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Secures Historic RECA Expansion in Base Text of 'Big, Beautiful Bill' * U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced today that the largest expansion to date of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been included in the text of the "Big, Beautiful Bill." This historic provision is a victory for nuclear radiation survivors in Missouri and across America--and a major win for the Make Americ  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich's 'Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act' Heads to the White House * WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced that his Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs, under the Controlled Substances Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Heinrich introduced the HALT Fenta  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Joins MSNBC to Defend Senator Padilla, Call Out GOP Silence and Demand Accountability * Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined MSNBC's Ali Vitali to speak out forcefully in defense of his colleague and friend, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), after the Senator was forcibly removed by federal agents at a press conf  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Slams Latest Republican Effort to Gut SNAP * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans' updated proposal to cut $211 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): "Senate Republicans have unveiled yet an  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Universal Service Fund Working Group * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, announced the reconstitution of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. Last Congres  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Lead Senate Push Slamming Secretary Kennedy for Decision to Gut Nation's Vaccine Advisory Committee and Replace Them With Vaccine Skeptics * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led a group of 19 Senate colleagues in condemning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) S  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSFR) -- The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, intends to repatriate 92 lots of cultural items, identified as sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum has determined a cultural connection exists between these objects and the Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico. This process allows for the return of these culturally important items, which may occur on or aft  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Administration Restore Digital Equity Grants That Help New Mexicans Connect to the Internet * Passed by Congress, the Digital Equity Act Provides Funding to Help Connect Americans in Tribal, Rural, and Urban Communities to the Internet; Trump Administration is Blocking Over $8 Million in Funding Appropriated by Congress to Expand Broadband Access and Digital Resou  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Lujan Condemns Forcible Removal and Manhandling of Senator Padilla * WATCH Senator Lujan's Floor Speech here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) took to the Senate floor to deliver remarks condemning the forcible removal of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) by federal agents at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article: * * * School Food Authorities Work With State and Federal Agencies To Implement the National School Lunch Program By Saied Toossi and Jessica E. Todd Highlights * Providing meals to children through the National School Lunch Program is a partnership between the Federal government, which sets rules and provides funding and other support; State agencies, which monitor program im  more