WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * After GOP Cuts Threaten Rural Healthcare, Lujan and Heinrich Demand Transparency on Administration's Inadequate Rural Health Slush Fund and Backroom Deals * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), joined Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR) more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: * * * Air Force solicits interest in establishing a Restoration Advisory Board at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico The Air Force is seeking community interest in establishing a Restoration Advisory Board, or "RAB," at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. Would you like to learn more about environmental cleanup projects at Cannon Air Force Base? If yes, then please conta more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Asteroid hunting using heliostats? * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into electricity, to work in the dark. John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, stands in the field of heliostats at the National Solar Ther more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Demands Answers from DOE on Decision to Terminate Loan Commitment for Grain Belt Express 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. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding answers on the decision to abruptly more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Delivers Nearly $45 Million in Federal Investments to Strengthen Infrastructure, Support Housing Projects in New Mexico in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced over $44 million in federal funding secured for New Mexico through the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Transportation, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- 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 28 -- 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 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Markey, Peters, Carter Unveil Bicameral Legislation to Modernize Gas Pipeline Safety Standards, Cut Methane Leaks * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) introduced the Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025 to modernize decades-old g more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Successfully Pushes Trump to Release Illegally Withheld Funds for New Mexico Students and Teachers * N.M. Delegation: "With the delayed release of this funding right as classes begin, schools are left scrambling to prepare. Our kids' schools never should have been placed in this position." "We will remain vigilant to ensure the Trump Administration upholds its duty to distrib more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Successfully Pushes Trump to Release Illegally Withheld Funds for New Mexico Students and Teachers * N.M. Delegation: "With the delayed release of this funding right as classes begin, schools are left scrambling to prepare. Our kids' schools never should have been placed in this position." "We will remain vigilant to ensure the Trump Administration upholds its duty to distribut more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * New Mexico Manufacturers Meet with Vasquez, Speak Out Against Tariffs' Harm on Local Businesses * SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - On July 28, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) met with local leaders from Santa Teresa's manufacturing sector who voiced intense concerns about how the administration's trade policies and tariffs are harming their businesses. WATCH: VASQUEZ ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Lujan, Markey Slam FCC's Partisan Approval of Paramount, Skydance Merger * Merger approval comes 2 days after Paramount settles with Trump for $36 million Washington, D.C. -- Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Tran more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 30 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Study begins on digital intervention for opioid-users By Anna Padilla The Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA) investigator Frank Schwebel, Ph.D., is partnering with a mobile company for a brand-new study. The Mindfulness and Medication Adherence (MiMA) Study is a digital intervention designed to support people taking medications for opioid use disorder and chronic pain. Th more PR