Ben Ray Luján: “The future that Washington described was not one where Congress dictated to us how to conduct ourselves on our own land.”

In the Senate, Senator Luján leads legislation to reverse the devastating Republican cuts to SNAP.

As the Senator for New Mexico, and as the longtime U.S. Representative for IAIA’s home in Santa Fe, I’m honored to be appointed to this important leadership position.

I will continue working to ensure no New Mexican who sacrificed for our national security is left behind.

Everything that was eliminated in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ the state during the special [session] said, ‘Well, we can do this for a year or two,