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WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a press conference today in the Capitol, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined members of the Senate Select Committee On Intelligence to preview the Committee's findings and recommendations on threats to election infrastructure. VIDEO: Heinrich Calls For Bipartisan Measures To Improve U.S. Election...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, will continue to lead bipartisan efforts to strengthen election security in America and protect against foreign threats. Today at 12:15 p.m. ET/10:15 a.m. MT, Senator Heinrich will join Senate Intel Committee members in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M) and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce (R-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M) sent a letter to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer in support of naming the Navy’s next...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, calling on the Department to step up its efforts to protect the United States from Russian interference in our elections. In...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a group of Democratic Senators in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warning against cuts to a critical mass transit security program that safeguards Americans while traveling, especially in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to nominate Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to serve as CIA Director. This decision comes after President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and announced he...

A bipartisan group of senators is pressing President Trump to issue a national strategy for deterring malicious activity in cyberspace “as soon as possible,” accusing successive administrations of not giving enough urgency to the issue. “The lack of decisive and clearly articulated consequences to cyberattacks...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), led a group of bipartisan Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee urging the completion and announcement of our nation’s cyber deterrence strategy.  In a letter to President Trump, the senators emphasized the urgent need for a cyber deterrence strategy,...

President Trump’s border wall is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with his administration. The heated rhetoric about our border region coming from the White House is wildly out of touch with the realities of our experiences in New Mexico. I’m familiar with nearly every mile of our state’s border with Mexico. A $25 billion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. MT/ 9:30 a.m. ET,  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on security clearance reform. This hearing will address the complexities in the security clearance process for both...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the United States Cyber Command’s fiscal year 2019 budget, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) raised concerns about the lack of a national cyber deterrence strategy to prevent future Russian attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. VIDEO: Heinrich Presses NSA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, a proposal to prevent individuals who are on the No Fly List from purchasing firearms. The legislation, led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich issued the following joint statement after voting against two immigration proposals, which would have wasted $25 billion to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The senators supported a third bipartisan measure, introduced by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Coons...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned top intelligence officials during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on Worldwide Threats. The committee received testimony from Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, NSA Director Michael Rogers, FBI Director...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. MT/ 9:30 a.m. ET,  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will question top intelligence officials during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on Worldwide Threats.  Appearing before the committee will be Director of National...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing to consider the future head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed nominee Lisa Gordon-Hagerty on her commitment to maintaining pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including providing the Lab with a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced on Friday the U.S. Air Force will initiate the design of an $85 million project at Holloman Air Force Base to construct a new MQ-9 Formal Training Unit (FTU) operations facility to house three MQ-9 Attack Squadrons,...

A group of Democratic senators is warning President Trump that he lacks the “legal authority” to carry out a preemptive strike on North Korea, amid questions over whether the White House is considering a risky “bloody nose” attack. In a letter to be sent to Trump on Monday, the 18 senators said they are “deeply...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a group of 18 Senators, including Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), expressing serious concerns over the continued absence of a U.S....

Americans’ ability to fairly choose our own leaders is fundamental to our democracy. Given what we know about Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, we must do everything we can at both the federal and state levels to protect the security and integrity of our election systems before voters go to the polls this...