WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Arrington's 'No FED in West Texas' Bill Advances * Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Natural Resource Committee passed out of committee the No Federal Expansion Designation (No FED) in West Texas Act, legislation introduced by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) on January 31, 2025. This bill would prohibit the Biden Administration's Final Land Protection Plan to expand the Muleshoe Nat  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Committee Passage of $6.5 Million to Combat Crime, Save Lives, & Keep New Mexicans Safe * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. With Committee approval of this bill, Heinrich secured support for ov  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Heinrich Blasts Trump Administration for Raising Electricity Costs on American Families Amidst Growing Energy Demand In his opening statement during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on rising energy demand, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, rais  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Releases Statement on Trump Administration Preventing Gallup Indian Medical Center from Providing Health Care to Vulnerable New Mexicans * Reports illustrate how Trump's Executive Order to "promote efficiency" in federal government forced Gallup Indian Medical Center to halt medical services and lose staff WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following st  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Votes Against Republicans' Legislation to Defund Public Broadcasting, Harm New Mexicans' Safety * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) stood firm for New Mexico families by voting against Senate Republicans' rescissions package that cuts funding to local public radio and TV stations, which rural communities and Tribes rely on as their primary source of information durin  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Pens Joint Op-Ed on 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test and Extension and Expansion of RECA * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, published an opinion piece in the Albuquerque Journal reflecting on the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity Test and highlighting decades-l  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * In Letter to Trump, Cantwell Unveils 5-Point Plan to Improve Nation's Weather Readiness in the Face of NOAA Cuts Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - the committee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and th  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez Demands Answers from U.S. Forest Service on Laguna Fire Mismanagement * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz demanding answers about the agency's decision-making and response to the devastating Laguna Fire that continues to burn across Rio Arriba County. In the letter, the Congresswoman m  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Fights for National Lab Science Funding, Presses Trump Administration to Protect America's Scientific Innovation and Reverse Course on Cuts to Research and Development Programs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Senate National Labs Caucus, called on President Trump to reverse course on proposed reductions in the Fiscal Year 2026 federal budget  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs on Commitment to Fund and Complete the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, questioned Mr. William Kirkland during a nomination hearing to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior. Speci  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Nearly $190 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico communities through the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropr  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Latest CBO Analysis of Final Republican Budget Bill * Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Predicts Republican Bill Will Add $3.4 Trillion to National Debt Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published analysis that the final   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Announces President's Approval of Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County, Maintains Push for Major Disaster Declaration for Chaves, Otero, & Valencia Counties * WASHINGTON -- 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.) released the followi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Announces President's Approval of Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County, Maintains Push for Major Disaster Declaration for Chaves, Otero, & Valencia Counties * WASHINGTON -- 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.) released the following  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 23 -- The New Mexico Department of Health issued the following news on July 22, 2025: * * * Public health pilot project expands services The historic partnership between the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has resulted in the opening of the Ruidoso Primary Care Clinic, which will offer wellness visits, well child checks, chronic disease, mental health and women's health care services. "This bold and necessary step toward healt  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (NMCLP) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the proposed National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database. The comments, prompted by a System of Records Notice published on June 23, 2025, raise serious concerns about the potential implications of the new data system for low-income families in New Mexico and beyond. As a nonprofit organization ded  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSFR) -- Rezolex Ltd. Co., Radium Springs, New Mexico, has submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration seeking the initiation of a less-than-fair-value investigation into imports of oleoresin paprika from India. Rezolex asserts that imports from India are being sold in the U.S. at prices below fair value. The company argues these imports have resulted in material injury to the domestic industry, citing a notable increase in su  more