WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: GOP Vote to Rip Away Public Broadcasting Funds Endangers Rural and Tribal Communities * 1500+ Local Public Radio and TV Stations At Risk of Losing Funding WATCH : Lujan Offers Motion to Recissions Package to Protect AMBER & Emergency Alerts WATCH : Lujan Sounds Alarm on Dangerous GOP Plan to Gut Public Broadcasting WATCH : Lujan Joins Democratic Leadership Press Conference on Cuts P more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 7/11/2025-7/18/2025 * Fighting Against Republican Cuts to Public Broadcasting & Foreign Aid [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumental (D-CT) released the following statement after the Senate approved a so-called "rescissions package" that makes devastating cuts to local news stations, slashes funding for emergency alert systems, and eliminates more PR