{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-lujan-defends-new-mexico-against-trumps-threats/", "ICYMI: Luj\u00e1n Defends New Mexico Against Trump\u2019s Threats", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NM", "Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n", "L000570", "www.lujan.senate.gov", "lujan", "https://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "Santa Fe, N.M. \u2013 In Case You Missed It: Following Donald Trump\u2019s threats to rename New Mexico, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) led the New Mexico Congressional Delegation in defending New Mexico\u2019s name and making clear that the President does not have the authority to rename the state unilaterally.\n\nSenator Luj\u00e1n led U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) in calling on Apple and Google to publicly commit to keeping New Mexico\u2019s name on Apple Maps and Google Maps, regardless of pressure from President Trump.\n\nThe push to protect New Mexico\u2019s name garnered national and local coverage. See what they\u2019re saying:\n\nWashington Post: New Mexico leaders ask Apple and Google not to use \u2018New America\u2019 on their maps\n\nNew Mexico congressional leaders asked Google and Apple on Thursday not to rename their state \u201cNew America\u201d on the platforms\u2019 maps should President Donald Trump demand it. The delegation\u2019s five members, Sens. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n and Martin Heinrich, and Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez and Gabe Vasquez, are all Democrats.\n\nThe Hill: New Mexico Democrats call on Apple, Google to keep state\u2019s name on map\n\nA group of Democratic lawmakers who represent New Mexico urged Apple and Google on Thursday not to adopt President Trump\u2019s proposed renaming of the state to \u201cNew America\u201d on their map platforms. The Democratic lawmakers behind this request included Sens. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n and Martin Heinrich and Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez and Gabe Vasquez.\n\nThe Washington Sun: New Mexico Lawmakers Urge Apple, Google to Publicly Reject Trump\u2019s \u2018New America\u2019 Name\n\nNew Mexico lawmakers are calling on Apple and Google to keep using New Mexico on their map applications rather than President Donald Trump\u2019s suggested name for the state, \u201cNew America.\u201d In a letter sent Thursday, Democratic Sens. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n and Martin Heinrich and Reps. Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez urged the tech companies to \u201cpublicly commit\u201d to keeping their state\u2019s name unchanged by Sept. 18.\n\nThe Independent: New Mexico leaders beg Apple and Google not to rename their state on apps like Trump wants\n\nLawmakers from New Mexico have urged Apple and Google not to rename the state on their mapping apps after President Donald Trump suggested restyling it as \u201cNew America.\u201d The state\u2019s delegation includes Senators Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n and Martin Heinrich, and Representatives Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez.\n\nSource NM: New Mexico congressional delegation asks Google, Apple to commit to keeping state\u2019s name on maps\n\nNew Mexico\u2019s congressional delegation on Thursday called upon major tech companies Apple and Google to commit to ensuring New Mexico retains its name on the companies\u2019 maps. New Mexico state and federal officials swiftly rebuked Trump\u2019s post, with U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), who leads the Thursday letter, writing on social media that, \u201cIt\u2019s New Mexico, always has been and always will be. Just like how you\u2019ll always be a sinverg\u00fcenza and corrupt.\u201d\n\nSanta Fe New Mexican: New Mexico lawmakers call on Apple, Google, not to change state to \u2018New America\u2019 on maps\n\nNew Mexico\u2019s congressional delegation is seeking to ensure Apple and Google keep New Mexico New Mexico. In a letter sent Thursday, U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n and Martin Heinrich, along with U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez \u2014 all Democrats \u2014 called on the companies to commit to continuing to label the state as New Mexico on their popular online map services.\n\nKVIA: NM delegates call on Apple, Google to keep New Mexico\u2019s name on all mapping services\n\nA group of New Mexico delegates sent a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Google to commit to keeping New Mexico\u2019s name on their platforms mapping services. The request from U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Congressman Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernande (D-NM), and Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury stated, \u201cLet us be clear: the President has no legal authority to rename New Mexico. Our state\u2019s name belongs to the people of New Mexico and is rooted in our history and our Constitution, which clearly states that the \u2018name of this state is New Mexico'\u201d.\n\nAlbuquerque Journal: NM congressional delegation urges Google, Apple not to use \u2018New America\u2019 on maps\n\nNew Mexicans are used to national confusion about the state\u2019s location and whether it\u2019s actually part of the United States \u2014 or a foreign country. But members of the state\u2019s congressional delegation don\u2019t want any further mix-ups \u2014 or sovereignty slights \u2014 after President Donald Trump\u2019s recent social media posts suggesting New Mexico be renamed \u201cNew America.\u201d In a Thursday letter, members of the state\u2019s all-Democratic delegation urged the chief executive officers of Google and Apple to publicly commit by next week that they would not change the name of New Mexico on their mapping services.", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-lujan-defends-new-mexico-against-trumps-threats/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.118597971275449, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}