Ben Ray Luján
U.S. Senator · New Mexico · Democrat
Statements and posts
468 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Luján’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 1). Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026.
7 statements, Feb 23, 2026 – Mar 1, 2026
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Luján Statement on Military Action in Iran
Criticized Trump's unauthorized military strikes on Iran as illegal and escalatory.
“Americans have made it clear they do not want to be dragged into another war by this President. In the buildup to this attack, President Trump has neither been straight with the American people nor presented a clear plan on what the Administration hopes to achieve by launching this illegal attack.”
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Hosted roundtable with Senate Democrats on Trump's tariffs and monopolies driving up food and household costs.
“Behind every statistic is a family, a senior, a veteran, or a working family struggling to make ends meet.”
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Demanded Trump administration refund tariffs and customs duties ruled illegitimate by Supreme Court.
“The true loss for the American people would be an administration that collected over $130 billion in illegal taxes and then refused — with a smile and a shrug — to give it back. If this administration does not act, Congress will.”
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Joined colleagues filing amicus brief with Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship.
“The Constitution, backed by decades of legal precedent, makes it absolutely clear that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen”
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Luján Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address
Criticized Trump's State of the Union for chaos and policies harming New Mexico families.
“The Trump administration has cut health care and food assistance for millions, allowed ICE to terrorize our communities and American citizens, and made life harder and more expensive for New Mexicans. The American people can see through the lies.”
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Criticized Trump's first-year policies for cutting nutrition programs and raising grocery prices.
“After years of division, attacks on the rule of law, and policies that make life more expensive for New Mexico families, I expect more of the same. I won’t stand by as he puts politics over people. My focus remains where it always has been: delivering for New Mexico.”
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Joined effort to introduce bill requiring refunds of Trump's tariffs struck down by Supreme Court.
“Instead of lowering costs for American families as he promised, President Trump ignited a global trade war the moment he took office by illegally imposing sweeping tariffs and causing pain for millions of Americans”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.