press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall outlined the harmful impact TrumpCare will have in rural America where communities have long faced challenges with access to affordable health care insurance and services. The senators were joined by New Mexico Radiologist Dr. Robert Rosenberg and National Association of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, will lead a press conference with U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and National Association of Rural Health Clinics President John Gill, to discuss the harmful...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recognition of National Kids to Parks Day on May 20, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) launched an online resource guide to provide New Mexico families with ideas and activities to explore the great outdoors. The seventh annual Kids to Parks Day kicks off a summer-long series of events at local, state, and national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called on Senate Republicans to protect the more than six million people with pre-existing conditions from TrumpCare’s harmful impacts. According to a report released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation, people with pre-existing conditions could face higher insurance...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that they secured $13 million in funding for new Indian Health Services (IHS) substance abuse programs in a major bipartisan appropriations bill to fund the government through...

VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich discusses the Senate vote to save the BLM Methane Waste Reduction Rule, May 10, 2017. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke on the Senate floor after the Senate voted to defeat a resolution to...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), along with Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), introduced bipartisan companion bills in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit schools from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after House Republicans voted to pass their health care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act: “President Trump and Republicans in Congress are rushing through a disastrous plan that threatens health coverage for thousands of New...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) joined the full Senate in voting 79-18 for an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government through September 2017. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bill yesterday,...

VIDEO: Heinrich Calls For PILT & SRS Funding At Energy And Natural Resources Committee Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted the need for full funding of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program and called for the reinstatement...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Wednesday, April 19, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will join Meals on Wheels of Albuquerque to help prepare meals for the local community. Senator Heinrich will later visit students at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) for a discussion on careers in health care and then tour University of New Mexico (UNM)...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Wednesday, April 19, at 6 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will hold a town hall meeting at Atrisco Heritage Academy in the South Valley in Albuquerque. The senator will answer questions and discuss critical issues facing New Mexico. The town hall will be livestreamed on Senator Heinrich’s Facebook page:...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — On Monday, April 17, at 6 p.m. MT, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will hold a town hall meeting at the Las Cruces Convention Center. The senators will talk with constituents and answer questions about critical issues facing New Mexico. The town hall will be moderated by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is requesting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide data within 30 days regarding the effect of the increased immigration enforcement actions on children of deported parents and how the Trump Administration...

SANTA FE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours in Roy on Wednesday, April 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Harding County Health Council's 11th Annual Spring Health Fair. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democrats in urging President Trump and his administration to abandon their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and instead work in a bipartisan fashion to improve the law and lower the costs of health care for all Americans. In a...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to rescind the Executive Order issued today that attempts to reverse multiple major U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. The Senators joined eight other U.S. Senators from six Western states...

WASHINGTON D.C. — As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on President Trump and Republicans’ legislation to increase costs and cancel health care for hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans and millions of Americans, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 42 senators...

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D -N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D -N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D -N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D -N.M.) urged Governor Susana Martinez to oppose President Trump and Republicans’ plan to cancel health care for 24 million Americans by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following the release of the Trump administration’s preliminary 2018 budget proposal, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) outlined the severe impact it would have on New Mexico. “President Trump’s proposed budget would be devastating for New Mexico,” said Senator Heinrich. “Investments...