WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Attorneys General from 14 states have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Food and Nutrition Service expressing strong opposition to the proposed creation of a National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database. The proposal, as outlined in a System of Record Notice in the Federal Register, has been met with significant concern regarding its potential impact on the privacy of citizens and its align more ST

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: * * * Army to bolster Patriot fleet with additional battalions By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service The Army plans to add additional battalions to its most stressed element, one of the service's top leaders said. The Army will stand up to four additional Patriot battalions including one to bolster the Guam Defense System, said the Army's Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James J. Mingus. American forces use a layered and integr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Announces Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Mexico Generates Over $58 Million in Revenue * SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, the Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office leased 16 parcels totaling 7,501.76 acres for $58,260,939 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. This is the third highest value for highest b more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 25 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Edged Up Slightly in July The Manufacturing Survey monitors manufacturing plants selected according to geographic distribution, industry mix and size. * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the July Manufacturing Survey today. According to Cortney Cowley, assistant vice president and  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, July 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLB Dallas and Members Award More Than $1.2M to 42 Community Organizations * DALLAS, TEXAS, July 23, 2025--More than $1.2 million in funding was awarded to 42 community-based organizations by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and 34 member institutions. FHLB Dallas members provided $208,500 in funding, and FHLB Dallas more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Blasts Trump Administration for Raising Electricity Costs on American Families Amidst Growing Energy Demand * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on rising energy demand, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, raised the alarm on the energy affordability crisis facing working famili more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump Administration for Working to Stall Energy Projects and Raise Costs on Families * WASHINGTON -- During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on energy demand growth, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, pressed Jeff Tench, Executive Vice President of Vantage Data Centers and Rob Gramlich, CEO and Founder of Gri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump Administration for Working to Stall Energy Projects and Raise Costs on Families During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on energy demand growth, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, pressed Jeff Tench, Executive Vice Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Pens Joint Op-Ed on 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test and Extension and Expansion of RECA * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, published an opinion piece in the Albuquerque Journal reflecting on the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity Test and highlighting decades-l more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Fights for National Lab Science Funding, Presses Trump Administration to Protect America's Scientific Innovation and Reverse Course on Cuts to Research and Development Programs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Senate National Labs Caucus, called on President Trump to reverse course on proposed reductions in the Fiscal Year 2026 federal budget more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs on Commitment to Fund and Complete the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, questioned Mr. William Kirkland during a nomination hearing to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior. Speci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Nearly $190 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico communities through the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Latest CBO Analysis of Final Republican Budget Bill * Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Predicts Republican Bill Will Add $3.4 Trillion to National Debt Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published analysis that the final  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Announces President's Approval of Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County, Maintains Push for Major Disaster Declaration for Chaves, Otero, & Valencia Counties * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 25 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Two New Mexico projects advance in $160M innovation competition Projects focus on quantum technology and water innovation * SANTA FE -- New Mexico is making national waves with two homegrown initiatives, Quantum Moonshot and Energized Watershed, named among just 29 semifinalists in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NFC) $160 million Regional Inno more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 25 -- The New Mexico Department of Health issued the following news on July 24, 2025: * * * New Mexico syphilis rates drop 31% -- first decrease in years SANTA FE - New Mexico achieved a significant public health victory with syphilis rates dropping for the first time since 2018, demonstrating that sustained, targeted interventions can reverse even the most challenging disease trends. Primary and secondary syphilis rates -- the most infectious stages of the disease more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Available to New Mexico Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In response to a Presidential disaster declaration issued July 22, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to New Mexico small business more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Announces Major Milestone: $4.3 Million Returned to Southern New Mexicans through Casework * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 24, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that his office has successfully returned over $4.3 million to constituents in New Mexico's Second District in 2025. "I'm excited to announce that my office has put over $4 million back in constituents' po more PR