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Baldwin urges Trump administration to address New World Screwworm outbreak
The letter was led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and co-signed by 16 other Senate colleagues. Read More
Sen. Luján hears from NM farmers on water scarcity, fertilizer costs at Las Cruces roundtable
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján met with New Mexico agricultural producers at NMSU to discuss rising fertilizer and fuel costs, severe water shortages, and the future of farming in the state. Read More
Sen. Ben Ray Luján: Reforming the 154-year-old mining law is long overdue - The Washington Post
Mining regulation and health care, in readers' eyes. Read More
New Mexico public lands advocates urge Senate to reject Steve Pearce as BLM director
An opinion column from the Albuquerque Journal argues that New Mexico’s public lands and wildlife would be at risk under former Congressman Steve Pearce as Bureau of Land Management director, urging Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján to oppose his nomination. Read More
Journal Poll: Ben Ray Luján holds commanding lead over Democratic challenger in U.S. Senate race
A new Albuquerque Journal poll shows U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján with 69% support and a commanding lead over challenger Matt Dodson in the New Mexico Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Read More
Collins, Sullivan break with Senate GOP leaders on amendment to reverse SNAP cuts
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and reverse Read More
'I’m Certain President Trump Will Be Firing' Kash Patel Soon
Wednesday on MS NOW's "Chris Jansing Reports," Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) said he is "certain" that President Donald Trump will soon fire FBI Director Kash Patel. | Clips Read More
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary amid DHS shutdown
The U.S. Senate voted 54-45 to confirm Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Department of Homeland Security secretary, with New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich supporting and Ben Ray Luján opposing the nomination during an ongoing DHS funding shutdown and debate over immigration enforcement. Read More
NM U.S. Sen. Luján frees $120M for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
U.S. Sen Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., on Monday announced he’d successfully pressured the U.S. Bureau of R ... Read More
Bipartisan Senators Push GAO Review of DOJ Epstein Files
Sens. Jeff Merkley, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Ray Lujan, and Dick Durbin asked the GAO to review DOJ’s Epstein file releases under a law signed by President Donald Trump. Read More
Luján, Merkley want to ban digital price stickers at grocery stores
Sen. Ben Ray Luján and Sen. Jeff Merkley have introduced the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act to ban digital price tags and require disclosure of facial recognition technology at major grocery stores. Read More
New Mexico senators urge Interior Secretary to halt unified federal wildfire agency plan
New Mexico Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján joined other Democrats in urging Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to pause the unified federal wildfire agency, citing concerns over wildfire preparedness and lack of analysis. Read More
'Right to repair' focus of new Luján bill, EPA guidance
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján has introduced a federal right to repair bill aimed at making it easier and cheaper for consumers and independent shops to fix laptops, phones and other electronics, while new EPA guidance clarifies repair rights for farmers’ equipment. Read More
Heinrich and Luján say they will vote against DHS funding without oversight, transparency
New Mexico Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján say they will vote against Department of Homeland Security funding after a fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal officer, as legal experts raise constitutional concerns. Read More