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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that a final agreement has been reached with SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque,...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month cosponsored by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and led byU.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after voting to block the transfers of mortars, tank rounds, and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) to Israel.
“To finally put an end to the bloodshed and achieve lasting peace for both Israelis and...
IN THE NEWS
Legislation that would make it easier to clean up abandoned mines is one step closer to the president’s desk.
The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF," Heinrich said. "Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them."
“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF. Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them,” Heinrich said in a press release following the vote. “Let me be clear: I will never stop...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Dear Friend,
After years of fighting alongside you, I am relieved to share that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally agreed to transfer the remainder of the retired chimpanzees in its custody at Holloman Air Force Base to Chimp Haven, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana.
Throughout my time in Congress, I have been proud to join...
Dear Friend,
When it comes to crime, my focus is on preventing what we can and solving it when we can’t. Yesterday, I visited with the Las Cruces Police Department to highlight recent funding I’ve secured for law enforcement to tackle gun violence, solve crimes, and hold criminals accountable in Southern New Mexico.
Dear Friend,
Last week, I hosted a Pro-Worker, Pro-Business Opportunities Roundtable in Albuquerque with folks in the health care, education, and skilled trades workforce. We discussed how legislation we’ve passed into law—like the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act—is growing our middle class and...
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