WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * As Trump Trade War Bludgeons US Economy, Administration Defunds Network of Centers That Boost American Manufacturing MEP Centers Created During '80's Trade War to Help Small American Manufacturers Survive and Thrive; Trump Action Undermines Decades of Investment in Manufacturing Resilience 15 Senators Demand Answers from Lutnick WASHINGTON, D.C. - U more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation has issued its quarterly status report outlining dozens of proposed, amended, and completed water service and repayment contracts throughout the western United States. The newly published Federal Register notice, dated April 8, 2025 (90 FR 15155), includes actions impacting municipal, industrial, and agricultural water users across 17 western states, from Montana and Colorado to Texas and California. Key highlights from the Missouri Basin--Interior Regio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * From FIRST Robotics to NASA Rockets: Angel Saenz's Journey to White Sands Long before joining NASA's Test and Evaluation Support Team contract in October 2024, Angel Saenz was already an engineer at heart. A STEM education program at his high school helped unlock that passion, setting him on a path that would eventually lead to NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The program - FIRST Robotics Competition - is run by global nonprofit, FIRST (For Insp more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreements between public employee unions and dozens of f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez, Stansbury Reintroduce Legislation to Permanently Protect Pecos Watershed from Mining in Northern New Mexico Lawmakers introduce legislation after Trump administration announces decision to reverse Pecos Watershed mining withdrawal "The Trump administration does not stand with the people of New Mexico, but we always will" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Ene more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Stansbury, Heinrich, Lujan Reintroduce Legislation to Permanently Protect Pecos Watershed from Mining in Northern New Mexico Lawmakers introduce legislation after Trump administration announces decision to reverse Pecos Watershed mining withdrawal "The Trump administration does not stand with the people of New Mexico, but we always will" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melani more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Blasts President Trump's Reckless Tariffs, Disastrous Republican Budget That Will Gut Critical Programs As President Trump's Reckless Tariffs Jeopardize American Livelihoods, Senate Republicans are Ramming Through a Partisan Budget That Will Cut Programs for New Mexicans Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) delivered a floor speech and joined a press conference alongside Senate Democrats to call out President Tru more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Warnock Lead Group Demanding Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees Lujan and Warnock are the only two Head Start alumni to serve in the U.S. Senate Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how early childhood services will be impacted" Washingt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Smith Introduce Legislative Package to Support Union Workers, Protect Workers' Right to Organize Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) announced the introduction of the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act and the Tax Fairness for Workers Act, two pieces of legislation that will level the playing field for labor organization and restore fairness in the tax code for workers. The No Tax Bre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock Blast President Trump's Tariffs, Highlight Increase in Cost of Prescription Drugs Experts State President Trump's New Tariffs Can Bring Higher Drug Prices and Supply Chain Disruptions Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), both members of the Senate Committee on Finance, wrote to President Trump highlighting the devasting impacts the administration's sweeping new tari more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: On Heels of Disastrous Tariffs, Senate Republicans Push Partisan Budget That Guts Critical Programs Millions of Americans Rely On - All to Pay for the Next Tax Scam Senate Republicans Push Partisan Budget That Adds Trillions to Debt While Blocking Lujan Amendment to Fight Food Insecurity Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans advanced their partisan budget re more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 9 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Governor authorizes National Guard to support Albuquerque Police Department SANTA FE - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has authorized the deployment of New Mexico National Guard personnel to support the Albuquerque Police Department in response to ongoing public safety challenges in the city, particularly along the Central Avenue corridor and other specific areas. The emergency request from APD cites the fentanyl epidemic and ris more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 9 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Governor Lujan Grisham signs 41 bills into law SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed 41 bills into law, addressing a wide range of priorities including healthcare access, economic development, education, environmental protection, and public safety. The legislation represents the administration's ongoing commitment to improving the quality of life for New Mexicans across the state. A complete l more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 8 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Governor Lujan Grisham signs 60 bills into law SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed 60 bills into law, addressing a wide range of priorities including healthcare access, public safety, economic development, elections and education. Legislation Lujan Grisham signed today will: * Strengthen public safety through measures like the Turquoise Alert System (SB 41) and enhance DNA collection for cer more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 9 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Governor signs Strategic Water Supply and environmental protection bills - State acts to protect all surface waterbodies, a targeted response to the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed federal pollution protections SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed legislation that advances New Mexico's 50-Year Water Action Plan through conservation of freshwater resources, enhanced water quality pr more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 8 -- The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * NMPRC enters agreement with Speridian Technologies to implement a new case management system SANTA FE - The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has entered into a four-year contract agreement with Albuquerque-based Speridian Technologies to implement a new electronic-filing and case management system for the agency that's expected to make it easier to access documents, electronic filing, dockets,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 7, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to say to our President and to his administration: Hands off our education, hands off our teachers, hands off our students, and hands off our schools. Last week, the Department of Education sent a letter to thousands of public schools across the country asking them to certify that they would end programs promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and acc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 7, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, among the daily assaults on our communities, on our economy, and the daily distractions and absurdities that we see from this administration and from my friends across the aisle in this Chamber, it can be easy to lose track of the bigger picture of what is happening across our country right now and the historical inflection point on which we stand. If Members zoom ou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Stansbury, Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez, Reintroduce Legislation to Permanently Protect Pecos Watershed from Mining in Northern New Mexico Lawmakers introduce legislation after Trump administration announces decision to reverse Pecos Watershed mining withdrawal "The Trump administration does not stand with the people of New Mexico, but we always will" WASHINGTON D.C. -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) joined Senators Martin Heinrich  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * U.S. Attorneys for Southwestern Border Districts Charge More than 900 Illegal Aliens with Immigration-Related Crimes During the First week in April as part of Operation Take Back America Since the inauguration of President Trump, the Department of Justice is playing a critical role in Operation Take back America, a nationwide initiative to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve total elimination of cartels and transnati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Rep. Gabe Vasquez Defends Rural Families and Local Economies in House Agriculture Committee SNAP Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) forcefully defended the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, warning that Republican efforts to slash $230 billion from the program would devastate rural communities across New Mexico and the country. WATCH:  more PR