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After Republicans Gave ICE, CBP $70 Billion in New Funding Bill, Agencies Continue to Sit on $95 Billion from Previous Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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After Republicans Gave ICE, CBP $70 Billion in New Funding Bill, Agencies Continue to Sit on $95 Billion from Previous Funding Bill
As of the End of May, ICE and CBP Still Have $95 Billion in Unobligated Funding
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After President Trump signed into law a Republican funding bill that gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion in n
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Blumenthal & Merkley Lead Colleagues in Push to End CFTC Assault on State Prediction Markets Oversight
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal & Merkley Lead Colleagues in Push to End CFTC Assault on State Prediction Markets Oversight
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U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) this week led 15 of their Democratic colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from using federal funding t
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CHC Senators: Supreme Court's Decision is a Betrayal of TPS Recipients
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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CHC Senators: Supreme Court's Decision is a Betrayal of TPS Recipients
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Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe et al., which allows the Trump Administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) f
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Curtis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
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Curtis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel
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WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act, bipartisan legislation to help communities and forest managers remove byproducts of forest thinning operations that counterintuitiv
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Davids Leads Congressional Action as New World Screwworm Cases Threaten Kansas Beef Production, Prices
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Davids Leads Congressional Action as New World Screwworm Cases Threaten Kansas Beef Production, Prices
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03), along with Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21) and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), led 21 New Democrat Coalition (link is external) members in demanding answers from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins about the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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DOE Awards $2.2 Million Financial Assistance Grant to New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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DOE Awards $2.2 Million Financial Assistance Grant to New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau
CINCINNATI -- The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance grant to the New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau today.
The bureau will conduct independent, con
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FHLB Dallas and First National Bank Texas Celebrate Revitalization of Affordable Single-Family Homes in Laguna, New Mexico
DALLAS, Texas, June 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release:
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FHLB Dallas and First National Bank Texas Celebrate Revitalization of Affordable Single-Family Homes in Laguna, New Mexico
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LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), First National Bank Texas (FNBT) and The Laguna Housing Development and Management Enterprise (LHDME) celebrated today the revitalization a
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Heinrich Statement Denouncing Supreme Court for Failing to Protect Americans' Health & Refusing to Hold Weedkiller Manufacturers Accountable
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Heinrich Statement Denouncing Supreme Court for Failing to Protect Americans' Health & Refusing to Hold Weedkiller Manufacturers Accountable
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement denouncing the Supreme Court's decision, in Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell, to overturn lower court verdicts that have held Monsanto liable for failing to adequatel
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Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, leads a letter in demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the Department's rushed rehabilitation pr
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Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, leads a letter in demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secr
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James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
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The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states.
Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are involved in
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Kelly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from Arizona's Forests
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
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Kelly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from Arizona's Forests
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Read in Arizona Daily Sun : Sen. Kelly introduces bill to bolster wildfire fuel reduction efforts
Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities
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Lujan Statement on Four Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Lujan Statement on Four Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturning Roe v. Wade in the disastrous Dobbs decision:
"Today marks four years since the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, u
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Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill Discussion Draft
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill Discussion Draft
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Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, alongside Agriculture Committee Democrats released the following joint statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill discussion draft.
"Senate Agriculture Committee Demo
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Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left
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Lujan, Slotkin, Warnock, Booker, Bennet, Fetterman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Support for Specialty Crop Growers
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Lujan, Slotkin, Warnock, Booker, Bennet, Fetterman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Support for Specialty Crop Growers
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Supports America's Specialty Crop Growers Who Produce Trademark Crops from Pecans to Chile
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Elissa Slotkin (D-
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North American Transborder Freight increased 19.4% in April 2026 from April 2025
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news:
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North American Transborder Freight increased 19.4% in April 2026 from April 2025
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Rep. Gabe Vasquez Supports the USDA Field Office Stability Act to Keep USDA Offices Open for Farmers and Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Gabe Vasquez Supports the USDA Field Office Stability Act to Keep USDA Offices Open for Farmers and Rural Communities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 25, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) cosponsored bipartisan legislation led by Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Derek Schmidt (R-KS) to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from closing essential services due to staffi
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Reps. Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernandez Investigate Federal Drug Enforcement Actions that Allowed Fentanyl on to New Mexico's Streets
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Reps. Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernandez Investigate Federal Drug Enforcement Actions that Allowed Fentanyl on to New Mexico's Streets
U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM),, Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance Cole demanding answers about reports that federal agents and prosecutors knowingly allowed hundr
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Senators Blunt Rochester, Lujan Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Senators Blunt Rochester, Lujan Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey
U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports.
In 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Service members find healing through Warrior Games, share recovery journey battling invisible wounds
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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Service members find healing through Warrior Games, share recovery journey battling invisible wounds
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Long after the gunfire stopped, Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy "Mop" Mapalo continued fighting.
The San Antonio native, now serving as the senior enlisted leader for the 49th Security Forces Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New
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VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release:
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VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal year 2025 as part of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act.
President Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018 after it passed Congress with widespread bipartisan suppo
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