The beginning of the end of the pandemic

Dear Friend,

President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law yesterday. This historic rescue package will provide $1,400 in direct payments to eligible New Mexicans and immediate economic relief to workers who have lost their jobs and local restaurant and small business owners who are still struggling to make ends meet. It will also deliver the resources our country needs to ramp up distribution of vaccines and other important public health supplies, safely reopen our schools, and restart our economy. 

I hope you can take a moment to watch and share the video below, where I share some of the provisions in the American Rescue Plan that will make a big difference for New Mexico.

VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich explains what the American Rescue Plan will mean for New Mexico, March 10, 2021.

To make sure that you and your family receive all of your full benefits from the American Rescue Plan, please remember to file your taxes. Even if you are reasonably sure that you won't owe anything, your tax returns are how federal agencies will know where to find you and deliver your benefits. If you do nothing else this year, please get the vaccine when it's your turn and remember to file your taxes. And be sure your friends and neighbors do the same.

In a very real way, this new law signals the beginning of the end of the pandemic. It is the beginning of a return to something much more akin to normal than what we have all experienced over this past year. As always, if there is anything I can do to be of assistance to you or your family don't hesitate to contact my office.