Statement record

Ben Ray Luján — Jul 9, 2025

U.S. Senator (D-NM) · Jul 9, 2025

July 9, 2025, Commerce Committee: Luján offered condolences “to my brothers from Texas” for the lives lost, then: “I just had constituents die in New Mexico. We had constituents die in Texas.”

Codes

Disaster Mention yes — Names this Texas Hill Country flood at the July 9 NOAA nominations hearing.
Climate Connection no — No sentence that this flood is linked to climate change.
Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action no — Does not blame Republicans about this flood, and names no blocked climate law.