WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Government Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Protecting Americans From Cartels * June 24, 2025 After pressing the witnesses, Durbin received an agreement that American guns flowing to the Mexican cartels is a problem WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Durbin Questions Government Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Protecting Americans From Cartels After pressing the witnesses, Durbin received an agreement that American guns flowing to the Mexican cartels is a problem WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Rescind Roadless Rule That Strips Protections of Millions of Acres of America's National Forests WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins' effo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Military Forces from Los Angeles * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to deploy the National Guard or active-duty troops to American cities without the re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that limited a n more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Joins MSNBC to Defend Senator Padilla, Call Out GOP Silence and Demand Accountability * Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined MSNBC's Ali Vitali to speak out forcefully in defense of his colleague and friend, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), after the Senator was forcibly removed by federal agents at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: "Americans have made it clear they do not want to be dragged into another endless war in the Middle East. Yet President Trump went against the American people without sharing any evidence to prove these military strikes would protect our homeland security. " more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Dingell Announce Legislation to Strengthen Home and Community-Based Services * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) announced the introduction of the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act, legislation to provide dedicated Medicaid funds for home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, children, and youth and adults with disabilities for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill text: "Senate Republicans unveiled their reconciliation bill - and it's even more extreme than the House version. It would make the largest cuts to Medicaid a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11987) on June 23, 2025, by Linda R. Rowan, natural resources and earth sciences analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * The National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System In 2019, Congress established a National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS; P.L. 116-9, Sec.5001; 43 U.S.C. Sec.31k). The law directed the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48194) on June 23, 2025, entitled "The U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise - Background and Possible Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Nuclear Security Enterprise Facilities Title 50, Section 2501 of the U.S. Code (50 U.S.C. Sec.2501) defines the NNSA "nuclear security enterprise" (NSE) as "the physical facilities, technology, and human capital of the national security laboratories and the nuclear weapons production faci more PR