press releases

CROWNPOINT, NM – On Friday, June 5, 2015, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) visited the northwestern side of New Mexico in recognition and observance of regional efforts towards veteran affairs, affordable housing and higher education. While Senator Heinrich visited Gallup to witness and experience regional progress in veteran affairs...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will hold a media conference call Thursday, June 4 at 10:20 a.m. MT / 12:20 p.m. ET to announce new grants for New Mexico that will support AmeriCorps members serving the community with local organizations. Senator Heinrich is the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the United States...

PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich meets with students from Alamos Navajo Community school at a Constituent Coffee in Washington D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced they have introduced a bill to preserve endangered Native languages. The Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act creates...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a group of senators in introducing the Strong Start for America's Children Act to expand quality preschool programs in New Mexico and throughout the country. The Strong Start for America's Children Act is a 10-year innovative federal-state partnership to expand and improve...

New Mexico is at a crossroads. We’ve heard that before. But our challenge is even more basic than that. We need to fundamentally change the trajectory of our state. While we’ve seen positive economic signs across the country, the picture in New Mexico remains stark. Our state’s unemployment rate is higher than the national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After U.S. Senate Republicans passed the joint budget resolution, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following 10 reasons why the Republican budget would hurt New Mexico's economy and weaken the middle class. "This Republican budget is all wrong for New Mexico. It increases tax breaks for millionaires and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Steve Pearce announced they have introduced the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act, a bill to provide grants to Native American language educational organizations to preserve disappearing Native...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced they have introduced the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act, a bill to provide grants to Native...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced S.1078, the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, a bill to make it easier for kids to connect with the outdoors and realize the many physical and mental health benefits associated with a more active, outdoor lifestyle....

From left: Leroy Silva from Laguna Pueblo; Americans for Indian Opportunity Projects Assistant Danielle Romero; Dalene Coriz of Santo Domingo Pueblo; Americans for Indian Opportunity President and Founder LaDonna Harris; and Americans for Indian Opportunity Director of Leadership Initiative Brittany Simmons. High resolution photo is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $55 million in federal grant funding for six early childhood education programs that serve communities across northern New Mexico. The funding is provided through grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Four Indian Head Start programs will receive...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Tax Help New Mexico at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to highlight free tax assistance for New Mexico residents. During the event, Senator Heinrich talked with Tax Help New Mexico volunteers and residents. "Tax Help New Mexico is providing a key service throughout the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after voting against the Senate Republican ‎budget resolution for fiscal year 2016.  The resolution (S. Con. Res. 11) was passed by a vote of 52 to 46. "The Republican budget does not align with New Mexico priorities. We aren't going to grow our...

Nuevo México está en una encrucijada. Hemos escuchado eso antes. Pero nuestro reto es aún más simple que eso. Tenemos que cambiar fundamentalmente la trayectoria de nuestro estado. Hemos visto señales económicas positivas en todo el país, pero la situación en Nuevo México sigue en...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that they are urging the Department of Defense to select a proposal led by a team that includes the University of New Mexico in a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced a bipartisan bill to give colleges and universities with a high enrollment of Hispanic students access to a grant program that encourages students to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced $5.6 million in federal grant funding to Eastern Plains Community Action Agency and La Clinica de Familia for early childhood education programs. Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grants are offered through the U.S. Department...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 18, 2015) - U. S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 784, the Microlab Technology Commercialization Act, a bill to accelerate technology transfer by establishing off-campus microlabs that would serve as the "front-door"...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature where he discussed leveling the playing field for hard-working New Mexico families and diversifying the state's economy. In his remarks, Senator Heinrich focused on the need to work together in building a two-generation approach to...

FARMINGTON — New Mexico's U.S. senators are among a bipartisan group of congressional members who plan to introduce a bill that would provide long-term funding for a program that provides revenues to counties throughout the country, including approximately $2.2 million a year for San Juan County. Since 1976, counties have received millions of...