Ben Ray Luján

By attempting, yet again, to eliminate vast portions of these monuments, your Administration invites needless uncertainty to the stability that local communities, Tribes, land managers, scientists, recreation users, and businesses need.

To ensure our next generation is prepared for success, we must invest to support and strengthen our early childhood workforce.

As one of only two Senators who attended Head Start, I know firsthand the lasting impact early childhood education can have on a child’s future.

This legislation will help save lives, reduce preventable disability, and ensure more Americans can access the care they need when every minute counts.

My Stroke Act invests in research, strengthens emergency response systems, and equips communities with the tools they need to improve stroke care from prevention through recovery.

Our veterans in New Mexico and across the country deserve timely, high-quality care, no matter where they call home.

Committee passage is a positive step toward delivering a tax system that better serves taxpayers with fairness, transparency, and accountability.

The Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act – a commonsense legislative package and product of bipartisan work – will strengthen taxpayer rights, reduce unnecessary burdens, and make our tax system fairer.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is critical for New Mexicans in every corner of the state and Americans who are stuck in the IRS system and need help.

Americans deserve to know that no one is above the law, especially the President of the United States.

This legislation restores confidence that DOJ immunity cannot be abused to protect corruption, self-dealing, or serious criminal misconduct.

As we expand broadband access across the country, we must ensure today’s investments are built to support tomorrow’s technologies and that rural and underserved communities are not left behind in the innovation economy.

AI is transforming the way our networks are built, managed, and secured – reshaping the digital economy, strengthening our global competitiveness, and driving the development of advanced communications networks.

It is an attack on the rule of law and the basic democratic principle that the federal government serves the entire country—not merely those who support the President.

Once an administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects: no state, community, business, or worker can trust that the federal government will apply the law fairly.

At a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, the administration is hell-bent on political retribution instead of working to bring down costs for millions of Americans.

The American people deserve to have a government that works for them—not one that is willing to push energy prices even higher and put the country’s energy security at grave risk.

While providing states with relief for the SNAP cost-shift remains a top priority, we simultaneously remain committed to ensuring the success of specialty crop growers in our states and throughout the nation.

New Mexico is a strong leader in aviation technology, and this legislation will help ensure our state continues to shape the next generation of innovation.

Social Security is a lifeline for thousands of New Mexicans. The Trump administration’s cuts and threats to the program are abandoning our seniors and people with disabilities.

In New Mexico and across the country, our public lands belong to the people, and everyone deserves a meaningful voice in how they are managed.

More must be done to address the barriers that have long kept rural communities from accessing reliable broadband.

(F)ew presidents have done more than President Trump to damage Social Security — yet in an Orwellian twist, you are misusing official resources to heap praise on him.

Chaco Canyon is more than a place on a map — it is thousands of years of culture, history, and the enduring spirit of the Pueblo peoples. Protecting Chaco is our sacred responsibility. Once Chaco is damaged, it cannot be undone. That’s why…

The recent fatal shootings involving U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, specifically within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, coupled with similar incidents elsewhere…