WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * After Republicans Gave ICE, CBP $70 Billion in New Funding Bill, Agencies Continue to Sit on $95 Billion from Previous Funding Bill As of the End of May, ICE and CBP Still Have $95 Billion in Unobligated Funding - After President Trump signed into law a Republican funding bill that gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion in new funding, data from the Office of Management and Bud more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 28 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers New Teacher Academy summer program gives teachers practical strategies, planning time and mentorship to help them succeed in the classroom and stay in the profession. - As Albuquerque Public Schools prepares for another school year, dozens of new educators are spending part of their summer sharpening their skills through the New Teacher Academy. Hosted by the Mentor/Peer Assistance and Review team, the more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 28 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news: * * * APS Launches Survey to Shape Upcoming Listening Session Board to host second community listening session of the year on July 27. - Albuquerque Public Schools has launched a survey to help set the agenda for an upcoming "Welcome Back to School" listening session on Food and Nutrition Services and Transportation. This input will help APS better understand the needs and priorities of students and families as we plan for the upcoming school year. T more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 29 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Avian Migration Program prepares NMSU students for conservation careers * From greater roadrunners and Gambel's quail to black-throated sparrows and vermillion flycatchers, New Mexico is home to a wide variety of beautiful birds. New Mexico State University's Avian Migration Program prepares undergraduate and graduate students to become leaders in avian conservation and resource management, helping protect these birds and the environments more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * CHC Senators: Supreme Court's Decision is a Betrayal of TPS Recipients * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe et al., which allows the Trump Administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. This decision wi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * CHC Senators: Supreme Court's Decision is a Betrayal of TPS Recipients * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe et al., which allows the Trump Administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. This decision wi more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 29 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Growing New Mexico's space economy: Experts from around New Mexico gather at UNM for Space Workshop * This month, the University of New Mexico's Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge (SSR-GC) team hosted experts in space research from across the state for a one-day workshop aimed to strengthen collaboration and identify actionable pathways to advance the state's growing role in the space economy. The event brought together New Mexico spa more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 29 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Heimann's NMSU Extension legacy spans three generations * Determination must be in Owaissa Crites Heimann's DNA. Not only did Heimann have a 39-year career with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, but she also began a three-generation legacy with Union County Extension. Heimann has lived in Clayton, New Mexico, since 1948 when she accepted the home economics agent position with Union County Extension. She started more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * In Letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Schultz, Heinrich Demands Fair, Equitable Access to Public Lands Permits on Recreation.gov Website Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Schultz demanding that the agency take action to address issues on the Recreation.gov permit and reservation system that threaten equit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * In Letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Schultz, Heinrich Demands Fair, Equitable Access to Public Lands Permits on Recreation.gov Website Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Schultz demanding that the agency take action to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Blunt Rochester, Wyden, Schumer in Introducing Legislation to Cap Medicare Costs for Seniors * The Medicare Cost Cap Act Will Create a $5,000 Ceiling on Out-of-Pocket Costs for People with Traditional Medicare and Protect Low-Income Seniors Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Four Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturning Roe v. Wade in the disastrous Dobbs decision: "Today marks four years since the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, undermining 50 years of legal precedent, allowing R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Four Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturning Roe v. Wade in the disastrous Dobbs decision: "Today marks four years since the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, undermining 50 years of legal precedent, allowing R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill Discussion Draft * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, alongside Agriculture Committee Democrats released the following joint statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill discussion draft. "Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats have been clear that a Farm Bill must meet t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill Discussion Draft * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, alongside Agriculture Committee Democrats released the following joint statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill discussion draft. "Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats have been clear that a Farm Bill must meet t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blunt Rochester Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports. In 1995, the U.S. Departm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Slotkin, Warnock, Booker, Bennet, Fetterman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Support for Specialty Crop Growers * Supports America's Specialty Crop Growers Who Produce Trademark Crops from Pecans to Chile Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Cory Boo more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 29 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Foundation announces new board leadership, members * The New Mexico State University Foundation begins its new fiscal year July 1 with Margaret Hardin '94, former CEO of Ergobaby, commencing her first year as board chair. Louis A. Vega '91, president of Dow North America, transitions to the role of outgoing chair. Joining Hardin on the executive committee of the Foundation are Carol Smallwood '83, vice chair; Amy E. Hummer, secretary more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Calls on Administration to Focus on Lowering Costs for Americans Instead of Spending Taxpayer Funds on Israeli War in Lebanon On June 29, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Administration to bring the conflict in southern Lebanon to an end and to stop spending taxpayer dollars on foreign wars that don't put Americans first As prices continue to rise for Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Pushes New Mexico to Strengthen SNAP Accountability, Protect Families and Taxpayers On June 26, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to the New Mexico Health Care Authority urging the agency to quickly implement recommendations from the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) to improve the state's administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), reduce the state's payment error rate more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release: * * * Schweikert Co-Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Federal Response to New World Screwworm Outbreak U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., co-led a bipartisan letter with U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urging a fully resourced, coordinated federal response to confirmed New World screwworm cases in Texas and New Mexico. Schweikert asked the U. more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Setting standards * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Three words piqued systems engineer Judi See's interest during a presentation at Sandia National Laboratories late one afternoon: human readiness levels. "My ears immediately perked up. The speaker didn't really say anything more about it," See said, referring to a 2015 presentation by the National Defense Industrial Association Human Systems Division chair. "I was i more PR