WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on Congressional Republicans proposing $1 billion (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/05/us/trump-news) for President Trump's ballroom, while doing nothing to lower costs for working families struggling with rising health care, grocery, energy, and housing prices:
"Families across New Mexico are struggling with the rising costs of groceries, health care, housing, and energy. While President Trump continues fighting a war in Iran, gas prices are going through the roof. Instead of focusing on lowering costs, Congressional Republicans are pouring billions more into Trump's rogue ICE operation while...