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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Saturday June 28, 2025 ( 9 items )  

As Congressional Republicans Take An Axe To Clean Energy, Lujan Reintroduces Commonsense Legislation To Expand Access To Solar Energy For Families And Businesses
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Congressional Republicans Take An Axe To Clean Energy, Lujan Reintroduces Commonsense Legislation To Expand Access To Solar Energy For Families And Businesses * Republican Lawmakers Are Working To Cut Funding For Clean Energy; Lujan's Bill Offers A Practical, Commonsense Solution For Our Energy Future Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Community  more

Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fift  more

Learn About Forest Resiliency, More at NMSU Field Day in Mora
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Learn about forest resiliency, more at NMSU field day in Mora New Mexico State University's John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center will host its next field day Aug. 22, featuring presentations by researchers and the center's partners. The center is located at 3021 Highway 518 in Mora, New Mexico. This year's field day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and feature a come-and-go approach i  more

Lujan Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: "Americans have made it clear they do not want to be dragged into another endless war in the Middle East. Yet President Trump went against the American people without sharing any evidence to prove these militar  more

Lujan, Fischer Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Universal Service Fund
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Universal Service Fund * 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, released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Univer  more

Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, And Over 40 Members of the House and Senate Tell the Trump Administration: Reverse Course and Fully Implement Broadband
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, And Over 40 Members of the House and Senate Tell the Trump Administration: Reverse Course and Fully Implement Broadband * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Representative Terese Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and   more

Lujan: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill text: "Senate Republicans unveiled their reconciliation bill - and it's even more extreme than the House ver  more

Statement from U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez on Supreme Court Ruling Endangering Birthright Citizenship
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez on Supreme Court Ruling Endangering Birthright Citizenship * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on nationwide injunctions, which could help pave the way for the Trump administration to erode birthright citizenship in the U.S.: "Today, the Su  more

Western Governors' Association: 2025 Annual Meeting Recap
DENVER, Colorado, June 28 -- The Western Governors' Association issued the following news: * * * 2025 Annual Meeting recap The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Western Governors' Association (WGA), hosted in New Mexico's historic capital city of Santa Fe by WGA Chair, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, brought together seven Western Governors and five U.S. Cabinet Secretaries for two days of robust, bipartisan discussions on the region's most urgent issues. In attendance was WGA's Chair, New Mexico   more