WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Nine state Attorneys General submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing EPA's proposed regulation to alter Effluent Limitations Guidelines for unmanaged combustion residual leachate from steam electric power generating point sources. The states assert that the proposal undermines the Clean Water Act and would weaken protections for their waterways by shifting the responsibility to individual state regulators and permitting authorities instead of maintaining uniform national stan more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * After Republicans Gave ICE, CBP $70 Billion in New Funding Bill, Agencies Continue to Sit on $95 Billion from Previous Funding Bill * As of the End of May, ICE and CBP Still Have $95 Billion in Unobligated Funding Washington, D.C. - After President Trump signed into law a Republican funding bill that gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion in new funding, data from the Office o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Senate Passage of Legislation to Build More Housing & Lower Costs for New Mexico Families * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the Senate passage of the 21 st Century ROAD to Housing Act, bipartisan legislation to tackle the housing crisis in New Mexico and nationwide by increasing the housing supply and lowering the cost of housing for working families. "More and more New Mexicans are being price more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Grills Governor of Puerto Rico on Plans to Stabilize Island's Electric Grid * WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the U.S. Territories, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, questioned Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Governor of Puerto Rico, on the island's electric grid, and her plans to improve its reliability. VIDEO: Ranking Member He more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Fischer, Welch, Curtis Introduce Legislation to Protect Firefighters from Harmful Chemicals * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and John Curtis (R-Idaho) introduced the Protecting Firefighters and Advancing State-of-the-Art (PFAS) Alternatives Act of 2026, legislation to support the development of next-generation, PFAS-free protective gear to better protect firefighters f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Press Secretary Marco Rubio on Threats from Ebola & Hantavirus Due to Trump's Cuts to Foreign Aid & WHO Withdrawal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the impacts that President Trump's cuts to foreign aid and withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have had on the United States' ability to protect Americans from Ebo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-663) on the Albuquerque Indian School Act (H.R. 6162). The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on May 20, 2026. The House passed the bill on June 2, 2026, and it has been received by the Senate, but not referred to a committee. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 6162 is to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. BAC more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Independent Community Bankers of America along with 43 state bankers associations, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expressing support for the interim final order preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and the accompanying interim final rule on national bank non-interest charges and fees. The letter argues that the OCC's action is firmly grounded in the National Bank Act and necessary to prevent serious interference wit more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * James Beard Foundation Celebrates Senator Lujan as 2026 Impact Award Honoree for National Leadership on Nutrition Programs The James Beard Foundation(r) celebrated U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and four other honorees of the 2026 James Beard Impact Awards at a luncheon in Chicago on Sunday, June 14. The event honored five changemakers from across the country whose work is helping to build a more equitable, sustainable, and economically via more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Lipodystrophy United, Los Lunas, New Mexico, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration supporting the Haystack Project citizen petition. The organization underscored the need for the FDA to adopt innovative regulatory approaches tailored to the unique challenges posed by lipodystrophy, a group of rare and ultra-rare diseases marked by abnormal fat distribution and serious metabolic complications. Lipodystrophy United emphasized that lipodystroph more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution to Overturn Trump ACA Rule that Will Jack Up Costs, Terminate Care for Millions * Democrats will force a vote to stop Trump's rule that will kick up to 2 million Americans off their marketplace coverage Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and nine Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement Commemorating Juneteenth * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth: "As our nation commemorates the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must remember that the promise of freedom was not extended to all Americans in 1776. "More than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Slotkin, Warnock, Booker, Bennet, Fetterman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Support for Specialty Crop Growers * Supports America's Specialty Crop Growers Who Produce Trademark Crops from Pecans to Chile Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Cory Boo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * Republican Energy and Water Funding Bill Raises Costs, Harms Energy Reliability and Security Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a detailed breakdown of some of the devastating funding cuts proposed in House Republicans' fiscal year 2027 Energy and Water Development funding bill. "Working families are struggling each and every day more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Three Oklahoma Counties as Natural Disaster Areas * Four Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance Texas This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Union County, New Mexico as a Natural Disaster Area * Hartley County, Texas Also Eligible for Assistance Texas This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery ne more PR