WASHINGTON, June 12 -- A coalition of 65 agricultural organizations has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to extend the public comment period for its Draft Fungicide Strategy to Reduce Exposure of Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species and Designated Critical Habitats from Conventional Agricultural Fungicides. The groups, which represent a broad array of stakeholders including farmers, retailers, manufacturers, and state regulators, expressed concern that the current 60-day comment window is insufficient for meaningfu more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Joins Democratic Colleagues Urging USDA to Respond to the New World Screwworm Outbreak * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a letter led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Lujan, Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action to contain and respond to the New World Screwworm outbreak following recent det more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Boost Funding for Indian Water Rights Settlements * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to introduce the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for Indian more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Help New Mexico Farmers & Ranchers Access Virtual Fencing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Fencing Eligibility for New Conservation Equipment (FENCE) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), to allow farmers and ranchers to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for virtual fen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Help New Mexico Farmers & Ranchers Access Virtual Fencing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Fencing Eligibility for New Conservation Equipment (FENCE) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), to allow farmers and ranchers to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for virtual fenci more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2026: * * * Heinrich, Wyden Host Press Conference on Republicans' Latest Effort to Repeal the Roadless Rule, Remove Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Lands U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), member of the U.S. Senate ENR Committee hosted a press conferen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep.Vasquez Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Public Lands from Being Sold Off in Backdoor Deals * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced the bipartisan Public Lands Integrity Act, a commonsense bill to protect America's public lands from being sold off to the highest bidder through the budget reconciliation process. "Treating public lands as another item on a balance sheet goes against  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 11, 2026: * * * Justice Department Sues New Mexico Supreme Court and Board of Bar Examiners for Violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the New Mexico Supreme Court and the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners, alleging that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by refusing to recognize the out-of-state law licenses of qualifying servicemembers and their spouses. "The Serv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Bill to Strengthen Rural Hospitals Passes U.S. Senate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is celebrating Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that would allow hospitals to continue testing innovative hospital payment models under Medicare as they face unprecedented financial challenges in delivering care in rural areas. The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, cosponsored by Senator King,would exte more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2026: * * * Klobuchar, Lujan, Slotkin, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are leading 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Depart more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Schiff, Kaine, Schumer, 34 Senate Democrats in Pressing Trump on Legal Basis for Justifying Claim that Hostilities in Iran Have Terminated * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 34 Senate Democrats in refuting the Trump administration's claim in a May 1 letter to Congress that the hostilities that be more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Agriculture Secretary Rollins on New World Screwworm * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pressed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on the New World screwworm that has now been detected in Lea County, New Mexico. At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, Senator Lujan questioned Secretary Rollins on the impacts of staffing c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Republicans Pouring Billions Into Out-of-Control Federal Agencies While Doing Nothing to Lower Costs for Families * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans passed a partisan budget bill that pours over $70 billion into ICE and Border Patrol with zero accountability, while ignoring the high costs impacting American  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Introduce Legislation to Boost Funding for Indian Water Rights Settlements * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Klobuchar, Slotkin, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of more PR

PASADENA, California, June 12 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California's High Desert The discovery of topaz on a volcanic outcrop in the Mojave Desert may hint at a porphyry copper deposit below. - Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a tantalizing "fingerprint" detected by a NASA sensor. Their target: a cache of topaz hiding in plain sight. The geologists weren't search more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Joins Senate Colleagues in Urging Dept. of Agriculture to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak, Protect Farmers and Ranchers Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in urging the Department of Agriculture to immediately take further action to contain and respond to the outbreak of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the U.S. The first cases of the New World Screwworm were discovered last week in Texas, and new cases have been an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 10, 2026, at the oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Agriculture: * * * Klobuchar Opening Remarks at USDA Oversight Hearing with Secretary Rollins U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today delivered the following opening statement at the Agriculture Committee oversight hearing on th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026: * * * Heinrich Calls for Consideration of Conservation Bills, Bipartisan Cooperation on ENR Legislation During a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah) for continuing to advance Republican more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Slotkin Helps Lead Effort Pushing for USDA Action on New World Screwworm Outbreak * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are leading 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take further immediate action to contain and respond to the outbreak of New World Screwworm (NWS) i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * TRANSCRIPT: Congresswoman Escobar Speaks on Camp East Montana, GAO Report, Mt. Cristo Rey, and More During Homeland Security Appropriations Committee Markup * Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) spoke during the House Appropriations Committee mark up of the Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Bill. In her remarks, she spoke on seven amendments. She spoke in support of an amendment banning construction of a wall at Big Bend National P more PR