ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich gave an update Thursday to the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sen. Heinrich praised Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx for their work with New Mexico. However, he was also critical of some of the response.
"Where I will be critical of the federal response is that, across the board, resources have never been enough," he said. "The reason we haven't been able to manage this back to zero is because we don't have the testing capacity to do that. We are constantly trying to cobble together testing capacity."
Sen. Heinrich also expressed concern for more rural parts of New Mexico, including McKinley County and San Juan County. They have some of the state's highest COVID-19 case counts.
