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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of the life of Dr. Charles F. (Charlie) McMillan, the former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.  “Julie and I extend our sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Charlie McMillan. He had an incredible...
Tri-State's selection was made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) selection 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 the U.S. Justice Department publicly announced its coordinated response to Russia’s efforts to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This follows Heinrich’s past work on the Committee, in which...

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New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich has long been a leader in AI legislation on the hill: He co-founded the AI Caucus in 2019 after observing the rapid development of machine learning. A couple of years later, when ChatGPT, Dall-E and similar AI tools exploded into the national consciousness, Heinrich says his fellow legislators started requesting...
CARLSBAD, N.M. — In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours at Carlsbad City Hall from 10 a.m. MT to 12 p.m. MT on Wednesday, September 4.  Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits,...
New Mexico U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the state’s border with Mexico Monday to highlight policies to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country. The lawmakers toured the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, which uses scanning technology funded by $400 million secured earlier this year to “improve the detection and seizure of...

MARTIN’S BLOG

Dear Friend, Last month, I joined the Honey Badger Conservation Crew from the Albuquerque Sign Language Academy (ASLA) to harvest honey at the Los Ranchos Agri-Nature Center.  You can read all about my visit with ASLA students in the Albuquerque Journal story below. PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich harvests honey with Albuquerque Sign Language...
Dear Friend, I grew up in a proud union home. My father was a lineman and a member of the IBEW. His union wages allowed me to attend college, provided my family with a ticket to the middle class, and gave my parents stability and peace of mind in their retirement. These are opportunities that every American deserves.     VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin...
Dear Friend, Our Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was full of commonsense solutions. On gun violence, I helped negotiate a provision that made it a crime to traffic firearms out of the country – something most thought was already illegal but was fueling violence in Central America.  On health care, our bill included a provision that allowed mental...

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