press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce announced that the Village of Ruidoso is receiving $2,461,922 to repair sewer pipes damaged by storms and flooding from Hurricane Dolly in July and August 2008. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding will cover 75 percent of...

Roswell has received more than $2.1 million in federal funds to complete the final portion of a three-phase runway repair project. Federal Aviation Administration grants for the Roswell International Air Center and Artesia Municipal Airport will pay for the work on runways. Artesia will receive $3.15 million, while Roswell has been allocated $2.14...

Airports in Artesia and Roswell will receive $5.29 million in federal grant money to improve their infrastructure, Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Wednesday in a joint statement. The Artesia Municipal Airport will get $3.15 million and the Roswell International Air Center $2.14 million for rehabilitation to runways, according to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $5,290,000 million in grants to support air transportation infrastructure projects at airports in Artesia and Roswell. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded the grants to fund airport rehabilitation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined the Senate in a 90-8 vote to pass the fiscal year 2017 funding bill for Los Alamos and Sandia national labs, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and several New Mexico water projects. The Energy and Water Appropriations Act is critical for New Mexico and supports...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined the Senate in a 95-3 vote to pass a critical Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill, which includes a provision ensuring that the Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington will remain eligible through fiscal year 2017 for full Airport Improvement Program...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured final passage of an amendment he introduced to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill to enhance airport and mass transit security. The amendment would strengthen security, especially in non-secure "soft" target areas at airports, like check-in and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce announced that the Village of Ruidoso is receiving $1,573,571 to replace a bridge severely damaged by flooding from Hurricane Dolly in July and August 2008. The new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding will cover 75 percent...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce announced that the North American Development Bank (NADB) has signed a $698,115 grant agreement with Mesilla, N.M., to improve the town's water distribution system and provide new water hookups. The project will increase access to...

In the Southwest, water is the lifeblood of our economy and culture. Access to adequate clean and affordable water means that our cities can bustle with activity, our farmers can grow local food, and our rivers can sustain the cottonwoods and wildlife we all know and love.   In exchange for developing water downstream in the Colorado River...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a $13.8 million loan for Sacred Wind Communications to improve service for its 20,000 Northwest New Mexico and Navajo Nation subscribers by upgrading parts of its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $7.3 million for nonprofit providers and local governments in New Mexico to combat homelessness throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the funding through the Continuum of Care Program, which supports efforts...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that Alamogordo will receive $10.45 million from the Army Corps of Engineers to complete construction of the McKinley Channel and repairs to the Alamogordo South Diversion Channel. The two important projects will channel water from the Sacramento Mountains during...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded $2.55 million for New Mexico acequias, including design of the Chamisal y Ojito acequia and other acequia projects if funds remain. Acequias, or...

Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján welcomed a Bureau of Reclamation investment of $2 million for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Project to help deliver clean, reliable water to rural communities. The grant will fund continued construction of a pipeline to transport a new source...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reimburse the City of Rio Rancho $2.135 million for completed upgrades to water treatment facilities. The city funded the construction of a water treatment facility to clean...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement tonight after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Senator Heinrich's special guest this evening was Carielle Bahe, a junior at the University of New Mexico studying Secondary Education who grew up in...

New Mexico’s first border crossing may finally get the face-lift it has been waiting for. The federal fiscal 2016 appropriations bill signed into law last week includes $85.6 million to build new facilities at the Columbus port of entry, where the current building dates to 1989.

CARLSBAD -- Among many policies and provisions in the 2016 spending "Omnibus" bill in Congress is a policy that would lift the ban on exporting oil, according to a news release and national reports. Lifting the ban on exporting oil would repeal restrictions on exports of products such as coal, petroleum products and natural gas. This would...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $63.6 million for Eddy County for hazard mitigation and to repair roads damaged by severe storms and flooding caused by Hurricane Odile in September 2014. The funding will help to permanently repair 24 aggregate, asphalt, and chip and seal roads, which...