New Mexico Sen. Leo Jaramillo, center, is flanked by panelists and downwinders as they discuss the film "First We Bombed New Mexico" during the Oppenheimer Film Festival in Los Alamos, New Mexico on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. Advocates have been pushing for the reauthorization and expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, saying the government has failed for decades to acknowledge New Mexico downwinders and people in other states exposed to radiation as a result of the government's nuclear weapons work.(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)