WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement Opposing Jay Clayton's Nomination for Director of National Intelligence * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to the Senate's confirmation of Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the Director of National Intelligence (DN  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Kennedy Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Mental Healthcare in Rural Communities * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced their Increasing Mental Health Options Act, legislation to expand access to mental healthcare in rural communities across New Mexico, Louisiana, and the country by eliminating an outdated Medicare requirement  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Strengthen Social Security * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in introducing the Social Security 2100 Act, legislation to increase Social Security benefits and make the critical system financially stable throughout the 21st Century. As our nation's bedrock social insurance program, Social S  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Neguse Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Local Input on Public Lands Oil and Gas Leases * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced the Local Input Act. This bicameral bill seeks to protect the right of local communities to provide input into proposed oil and gas lease sales on national public lands and would rest  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Schiff, Slotkin, Warnock Urge Agriculture Committee Leadership to Support Specialty Crop Farmers in Farm Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), all members of the Senate C  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Thune, Barrasso Legislation to Expedite Broadband Permits to Unserved Communities Heads to Full Senate * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded t  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Welch Bipartisan Bill to Support Next Generation of American Aviation Advances Out of Committee * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) in celebrating the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee's advancement of  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Young Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Americans Facing IRS Challenges * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), members of the Senate Committee on Finance, introduced the Strengthening Taxpayer Advocacy Act, legislation to empower the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to better serve Americans navigating challenges with the Internal  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski's Geese House Legislation Advances from Committee * Washington, DC-Earlier today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee favorably reported S. 4399, Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R-AK) legislation to convey the Geese House site from the National Park Service to Doyon, Limited. The bill would transfer ownership to Doyon to ensure that the culturally significant site is managed by an  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 30 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following commentary by Secretary Rob Black: * * * New Mexico is Building the Quantum Economy Blog post by Rob Black, Secretary for Economic Development New Mexico Four quantum technology companies just became the first commercial users of New Mexico's ABQ-Net, the only open-access, entanglement-based quantum network in America. That's not a small thing. It's the result of years of deliberate invest  more

PASADENA, California, July 30 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Awards 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts JPL is leading three of the 18 visionary concepts awarded funding by an innovation incubator program at NASA. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the universe. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- US National Grasslands Survey: Quantitative Survey and Segmentation Report 2026 - A report from America's Grasslands Coalition - June 2026 (55 pages) Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Background and Approach ... 03 Key Findings ... 08 Survey Results ... 11 1. Segmentation ... 12 2. Awareness of and Attitudes toward Grasslands ... 27 3. Support for Grasslands ... 42 * * * Background and Objectives The grasslands of the United States are vast and varied  more