41.2 million Americans rely on SNAP to put food on the table. I would like to call up my amendment No. 957 and ask it to be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

I would like to call up my amendment No. 699 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Lujan] proposes an amendment numbered…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 52…

we are experiencing a nationwide shortage of police officers. Police departments are stretched thin, making our communities less safe. In the worst cases, some small departments have disbanded completely. Small towns need Federal dollars…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

over the past week, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have fired thousands of Federal workers, many of them in New Mexico, without warning. The calls that I get to my office from constituents all across New Mexico are expressing concern…

On behalf of Head Start and on behalf of the nearly 9,000 Head Start students in New Mexico, I wish to be recorded no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk…

chaos, corruption, confusion--that is what Russell Vought offers. For the past 2 weeks, my office has received thousands of calls. Worried New Mexicans are taking time out of their busy days to share their stories and plead for help. Last…

I especially want to start by giving thanks to our colleague from Hawaii for asking us to come together and have a conversation with the American people. I am a proud Senator from the State of New Mexico--from a small, rural community in…

I am here today to commemorate a life of public service dedicated to the expansion of human knowledge and the greater good. On September 6 of this year, New Mexico and the Nation suffered a tremendous loss as Dr. Charles McMillan…

let me begin by quoting Senator Orrin Hatch, the primary author of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. In his final years, Senator Hatch said: Updating this legislation is a moral imperative. RECA, as it is currently written, extends…

I come to the floor today to talk about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act yet again. I appreciate this opportunity because as I have learned, every opportunity we get to talk about the families, to share the stories of the families…