Heinrich To Hold Media Availability To Discuss Major Defense Funding For White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22, at 12:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will hold a media availability at the White Sands Missile Range Visitors Center to discuss federal funding he’s secured to support New Mexico’s men and women in uniform at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) and Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22).
In the FY22 NDAA Senator Heinrich supported the authorization for $5 million in funding to conduct additional hypersonic test and evaluation at WSMR. He also helped secure authorization for $29 million in funding to accelerate construction of a Missile Assembly Support Facility.
Senator Heinrich also played a key role in approving a request from the Department of Defense to reprogram additional funding to replace an outdated testing and evaluation facility at WSMR. This is after the Trump administration attempted to divert military construction funding away from several military installations in New Mexico for the ill-advised border wall.
For Holloman AFB, Senator Heinrich secured authorization for $2 million in funding to speed the construction of a facility on the grounds of Holloman Air Force Base aimed at testing the next generation of radar detection technology.
Senator Heinrich has long-championed provisions that benefit New Mexico’s men and women in uniform, national laboratories, and defense programs as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2013-2020. Beginning in the 117th Congress, Senator Heinrich is now a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, where he serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
***Press interested in attending should RSVP at press@heinrich.senate.gov***
WHO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
WHAT: Heinrich To Hold Media Availability To Discuss Major Defense Funding
WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22, at 12:30 p.m. MT
WHERE: Visitors Center, Owen Rd, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
RSVP: Email press@heinrich.senate.gov
