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WASHINGTON – A slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills introduced by 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.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) passed unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today. The legislation next...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement opposing the nomination of Linda McMahon for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education:  “Linda McMahon has no respect for the essential role of public education in our democracy and is wholly unqualified to lead the U.S. Department of Education. That makes...

LAS CRUCES, 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 an America’s Job Center event in Las Cruces on Friday, March 7, from 2 p.m. MT to 5 p.m. MT.  Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act. This legislation strengthens Congressional oversight of the Hatch Act, particularly in instances when the Office of the Special Counsel decides to forgo enforcement. Congressman Robert Garcia...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act. This legislation strengthens Congressional oversight of the Hatch Act, particularly in instances when the Office of the Special Counsel decides to forgo enforcement. Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.)...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced that his Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs, under the Controlled Substances Act, was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan basis. This permanent scheduling will give law...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter urging New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez to open an investigation into Ben Archer Health Centers refusing to provide medical care to individuals without “proof of citizenship.” Heinrich’s office was alerted by constituents to Ben...

Washington, D.C. – 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.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025. The legislation amends the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project to ensure it has the resources and time needed...

Delegation Letter Comes Amid Measles Outbreak in New Mexico and Texas; Measles is One of the Most Highly Infectious Diseases and Can Lead to Serious Complications Like Pneumonia, Blindness, Brain Swelling, and Death Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández...

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.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are reintroducing a slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills they are pushing to pass in this Congress. The full slate of Tribal water rights settlements...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) led 109 of their colleagues in a bicameral letter to President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in demanding that efforts to...

In a post published to his social media this morning, Heinrich condemned Ben Archer Health Center for turning away patients without birth certificates on-hand at their clinics Heinrich: “What Ben Archer was pulling at its health clinics wasn’t just wrong, it was illegal.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following...

VIDEO Heinrich on the Senate floor through the night to stand up for New Mexicans who will be harmed by Republicans’ billionaire handout  Republicans vote against Heinrich amendment to reinstate grants Trump has blocked for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) stood up for...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, is demanding answers from President Trump’s administration about Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) gaining access to veterans’ medical records. Following a recent report by...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief on behalf of eight inspectors general who were illegally fired by President Trump at the start of his term. The Senators noted that the role of an inspector general is to...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, led 13 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uphold the United States’ trust and treaty responsibility with Tribal nations and their citizens by ending...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1,000 VA employees terminated last week who serve veterans and their families nationwide, including critical employees combatting veteran suicide working at...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement opposing the nomination of Kash Patel for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "Kash Patel has glorified convicted criminals who attacked police officers on January 6, peddled outrageous...

New Mexico receives $125 million in NIH funding that supports over 1,400 jobs and generates nearly $290 million in economic activity Heinrich and Luján: “The administration’s new policy means that research will come to a halt, sick kids may not get the treatment they need, and clinical trials may shut down abruptly” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and 9 Senate Democrats demanded answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the potential security breach created by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which has reportedly accessed the sensitive personal data...