press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the release of the partisan, misleading memo seeking to undermine the Russia investigation: “President Trump and Chairman Devin Nunes would rather play politics than protect the country from Russia....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Air Force that it 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....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on Rep. Schiff's letter to Chairman Nunes after discovering that the GOP memo transmitted to the White House for review had been materially altered from the original version voted on by the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) expressed concern over the Trump Administration’s reported “bloody nose” strategy against North Korea in which the United States would conduct a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement tonight after President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Senator Heinrich's special guest this evening was Ivonne Orozco-Acosta, Dreamer and 2018 New Mexico Teacher of the Year from Albuquerque,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration not imposing sanctions on Russia, despite a new law designed to punish Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S....

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 the New York Times report that President Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller last June:   “The President seems to think he can get away with anything....

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) received a commitment from Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering nominee Dr. Michael Griffin to implement and advance the directed energy weapons program. The $100 million program was established by Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 18, 2018) — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured a commitment from Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy nominee John Henderson to prioritize the fuel spill cleanup at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) and improve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after voting against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA) for six years:  “Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the proposed House Republican short-term spending bill:  “Members on both sides of the aisle have been working to reach agreement and meet our basic responsibilities, including veterans funding, disaster relief, and finally passing the Dream...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for six years:  “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats requesting that the Intelligence Community assess the risk to the United States and to U.S. interests and personnel arising from President Trump’s latest North Korea tweet. “In particular,...

President Donald Trump isn’t doing anything to prevent Russia from trying to influence the 2018 elections—which the former Cold War adversaries will definitely try to do, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said this week. Senator Martin Heinrich, one of seven Democrats on the panel that's currently investigating...

Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) joined U.S. Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in introducing the bipartisan Secure Elections Act, a bill to strengthen election cybersecurity in America and protect against foreign interference in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his nominees to the United States Service Academies. A nomination is required to attend the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy–the Coast Guard Academy does not require a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today on the shooting at Aztec High School in Aztec, New Mexico: “I am distraught to learn of this tragic shooting at Aztec High School. This is a parent’s biggest nightmare--every child deserves to be safe at school. I want to thank and commend...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American Embassy there: “Moving the United States embassy in Israel to the holy city...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that they are urging the Air Force to transfer legacy HH-60G PAVE Hawk combat...

Our democracy hinges on protecting Americans’ ability to fairly choose our own leaders, and this requires public confidence that the voting results announced on election night are legitimate and reflect the actual votes cast in each state. As members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we are helping to lead the Senate’s...