press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced the bipartisan Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 to strengthen the aerial wildfire suppression fleet and better combat the year-round threat of catastrophic wildfire. “I have worked for years to expand the operations of Very Large Air Tankers that have...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act, legislation to expand Medicare coverage of chiropractic services to ensure patients enrolled in the program can access care as a non-drug alternative for pain management. Additionally, it would expand Medicare coverage to include...

Bipartisan legislation would permanently place fentanyl-related substances into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, helping law enforcement combat fentanyl trafficking, while advancing scientific and medical research WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the...

VIDEO WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor uplifting stories from communities across New Mexico on how President Trump’s unlawful unilateral blockade of all federal grant funding is creating chaos and harming the lives of New Mexicans. VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivers...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) took to the Senate floor this evening to condemn President Trump’s unlawful unilateral blockade of all federal grant funding. In his remarks, Heinrich underscored the magnitude of damage this unlawful decision has already wrought on the lives of thousands of New Mexicans, highlighting the harm and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is condemning President Trump’s unlawful direction to unilaterally blockade all federal grant funding. “Our economy, our healthcare system, our schools, our law enforcement and fire departments, our newborns, our elders, our veterans – everyone,...

Resolution comes after Trump pardons 1,500 criminals convicted of violently assaulting police officers WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced a new resolution condemning the pardons of individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers. The resolution follows the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting against advancing the confirmation of President Trump’s controversial and unqualified...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with U.S. Senators Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to reintroduce their Radiation Exposure Compensation (RECA) Reauthorization Act to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by government nuclear...

PHOTOS WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hosted a congressional briefing on developments in manufacturing electric vehicles and their supply chains in the United States, from batteries to electric school buses. PHOTOS: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 24 Democratic senators called on President Trump to put veterans first and immediately exempt all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees from the hiring freeze he issued on Monday. In a letter to Trump, the senators stressed concerns about the negative impact the hiring freeze will have...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to block Republicans’ legislation that would have required medical providers to override their professional judgment and strip grieving families of the freedom to make their own health care decisions. A procedural vote on the measure failed to receive...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) commend the Honorable James O. Browning, who has announced his intention to retire from regular active service effective February 2026, after 22 years of distinguished service as a United States District Court Judge for the District of New Mexico. “Judge Browning has a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is welcoming $1,350,000 in federal funding that he secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process for the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 (U.A. Local 412). The funding will support specialized journeyman...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Trump’s day one Executive Orders: “President Trump’s Executive Orders are wrong-headed, incendiary, and divisive. Instead of fighting for working families and lowering costs, he has spent his first day issuing orders that attack birthright citizenship...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting against legislation that would reallocate resources away from addressing violent crime and keeping communities safe and allow state attorneys general to second-guess federal immigration decisions, even on individual cases:  “If you commit a violent...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 20.  “Today, in the same building where lawmakers passed major civil rights legislation borne out of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work — the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced a $5.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Interior for New Mexico to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells. This investment to address hazardous sites will create good-paying union...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) announced the long-awaited repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe items currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands back to their home in El Paso, Texas. The legislators have worked with the U.S....

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 $17,137,326 — a 5.3% increase from last year — from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care program to...