WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * Crapo, Wyden Introduce Bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Legislation U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today introduced the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Price Transparency and Accountability Act to fix market distortions and increase transparency in federal prescription drug prog  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLB Dallas and Hancock Whitney Bank Commit More Than $500K in Grants to Help Gulf Coast Homeowners Rebuild after Disasters * NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, December 4, 2025 Nearly 40 Gulf Coast homeowners will receive support to rebuild their homes thanks to a more than $500,000 disbursement* from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Da  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office General Counsel has denied a bid protest filed by AAA General Contractors LLC, an eligible service-disabled veteran-owned small business in El Paso, Texas. The protest challenged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rejection of its proposal for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts. The contract was for construction and design-build services for VA medical facilities across the Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office denied a protest by QA Engineering LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' contract award to Koman Advantage LLC, Chandler, Arizona, for a small arms storage facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The contract was awarded on a lowest-priced technically acceptable basis. The GAO upheld the Army's finding that QA Engineering's proposal was technically unacceptable, making it ineligible for awa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 26 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth reverse DoD's decision to delay the cleanup of per-and polyfluoro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 26 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth reverse DoD's decision to delay the cleanup of per-and polyfluoroal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Push for Emergency Funding for Wildfire Recovery on New Mexico Public Lands * Heinrich and Lujan's push comes amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention to keep New Mexico communities safe WASHINGTON - Amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention including slo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Bipartisan Members Demand DOJ Briefing on Release of the Epstein Files * Senate and House sponsors of Epstein Files Transparency Act - recently signed into law - lead the charge to ensure law is fully implemented Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), who introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act that was signed into law, joined a bipartisan group of lawmaker  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Ranking Member Heinrich Delivers Remarks on Senate Floor Stressing Need to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Blasts Trump Administration For Relentless, Ongoing Attacks on Public Lands Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Justice Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Fentanyl Traffickers * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) introduced the Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl Traffickers Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that strengthens and expands the federal government's ability to sanction individuals and entities involved in fentanyl traffickin  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 5 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * New Mexico charts bold course with new Science & Technology Roadmap New Mexico has released a strategic roadmap to turn the state's world-class research strengths into long-term economic growth and high-paying jobs. The New Mexico Science & Technology Roadmap, developed by the Economic Development Department's (EDD) Technology and Innovation Office, in pa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Lujan Leads Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee Hearing on Defending America's Communications Networks * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, helped lead a subcommittee hearing titled "Signal Under Siege: Defending America's Communications Networks." Wit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Secures $4 Million Federal Grant to Launch Las Cruces-El Paso Express Bus Service * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) secured a $4 million Federal Transit Administration grant for the South Central Regional Transit District (SCRTD) to launch a new Las Cruces-El Paso Hybrid Express Bus Service. This award, one of SCRTD's largest and most competitive federal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Legislation * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today introduced the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Price Transparency and Accountability Act to fix market distortions and increase transparency in federal prescription drug programs to lower patient costs at the pha  more