Ben Ray Luján

I urge my colleagues to support his nomination.

Hispanic or Latino producers constitute about 34 percent of the farms back in New Mexico. Yet in 2022, they received only 9.5 percent of guaranteed loans and 22 percent of direct loans.

Hispanic or Latino producers constitute about 34 percent of the farms back in New Mexico. Yet in 2022, they received only 9.5 percent of guaranteed loans and 22 percent of direct loans.

I appreciate that and I will make sure we are doing more along those lines as well, to partner with you and get that word out and see what we can do to also do our part to increase applications.

I appreciate that and I will make sure we are doing more along those lines as well, to partner with you and get that word out and see what we can do to also do our part to increase applications.

And I`ll be back on the floor of the United States Senate in just a few short weeks to vote on important legislation and to consider a Supreme Court nominee.

I`m doing well. I`m strong. I`m back on the road to recovery and then make a full recovery. I`m going to walk out here. I`m going to beat this and I`m going to be stronger once I come up. Now I`m proud to report that I`ll be back on the…

Americans are confused about how to best protect themselves and their communities from the spread of COVID.

scientists tend to talk in a different language than regular people can understand. It's kind of a mismatch between those who communicate and those who want to be communicated with not talking the same language.

What barriers are preventing the Federal Government from providing N95 or KN95 masks to the public free of charge?

I was proud to introduce the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act to provide more support and authority under Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction over non-Indians in domestic violence situations involving children and…

We are separate sovereigns, with inherent plenary authority over our reservations. No one can take that away from us.

Thank you very much, Chair Blackburn, and want to thank everyone for calling this important hearing.

I think it is very important for the Committee's wishes to be respected, which are done in a bipartisan way.

Would you support Federal policy legislation that enforces data retention limits and data deletion requirements?

Thank you, Chair Schatz, and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing to examine the tribal title of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization.

I look forward to highlighting the pueblo's leadership in exercising this jurisdiction and how the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act I introduced today will fill in many of the gaps left in place by the 2013 VAWA.

Additional Federal funding is critical for tribal public safety generally, and particularly for tribes that opt to exercise VAWA special criminal jurisdiction.

not only would we support that, but we believe it is important for there to be privacy regulation here in the U.S.

I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, and I will say thank you for whatever our tribes can get.

I really want to get to the bottom of that, especially with the rampant collection of data from individuals as well.

The future that Washington described was not one where Congress dictated to us how to conduct ourselves on our own land.

New Mexico's outdoor economy accounts for over 35,000 jobs and $1.2 billion in wages.

I want to urge President Biden to renominate Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel to nominate a fifth FCC Commissioner and a permanent head of NTIA.

At this moment, the U.S. Congress stands at a critical juncture.