press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 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.) introduced the Healthy Families Act, legislation that would allow workers to earn paid sick leave to use when...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) launched “Keep Me Covered,” a social media campaign calling for New Mexicans and people across the country to share a video or photo using the hashtag #KeepMeCovered to highlight what they stand to lose under President Trump and congressional...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich spoke with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan to express the deep concerns of New Mexico communities. The senators demanded answers about ICE deportation measures in the wake of President Trump’s immigration executive...

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich sent a letter, led by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), to Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling on him to “protect the health and wellbeing of millions of women” by committing not to bring to the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress: “President Trump had an opportunity to unify the country tonight. Clearly he did not seize it.”

WASHINGTON (KRQE) – Members of Congress, including New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich are joining forces to stop the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs. “It is happening because it can happen. The goal of pharmaceutical companies: make as much profit as they can and to hell with the needs of American people,” Sen. Bernie...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, who was criticized by some fellow Democrats last month for opposing a measure that would make it easier to buy inexpensive prescription drugs from Canada, on Tuesday backed a new drug importation bill, saying it addresses his concerns about safety. The bill announced at a press conference Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) announced they have introduced a bill to increase...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich  (D-N.M.) will join U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Casey (D-PA.), Angus King (I-ME) and U.S. Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) at a press conference today at 12:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. MT to unveil new legislation to allow the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Albuquerque Saturday, February 18, to meet with refugees and immigrants, along with advocates from Lutheran Family Services, the Islamic Center of New Mexico, Catholic Charities, and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, to discuss the impact President Trump’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before the Senate’s vote on Scott Pruitt’s nomination for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke on the Senate floor in opposition of his confirmation. Heinrich called on Pruitt to review the EPA’s decision to not pay for damages to water...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the bipartisan Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act to give states, local governments, and tribes more flexibility to create partnerships that invest in families living in poverty. The bill aligns and links...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement opposing the confirmation of Congressman Tom Price (R-Ga.), President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary: “Congressman Tom Price’s dubious ethics and deliberate plans to dismantle our...

PHOTOS: Heinrich discusses rural health care with Charles Alfero of Silver City WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) invited Charles Alfero, a leading expert in rural and frontier community health delivery from Silver City, N.M., to address Senate Democrats at a roundtable discussion on rural...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) along with 24 Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), urged Senate leaders to defend the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Methane and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule, which protects air quality and prevents the waste of...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature. Heinrich began his remarks by denouncing President Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from entering the U.S. from several majority Muslim nations. “We are not a country that discriminates based...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that they have renewed efforts to expand restitution for New Mexicans and others who have been affected by exposure to radiation during the development and testing of nuclear weapons in the Cold War by reintroducing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)....

LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVMpTU6UEo Heinrich will discuss his bipartisan legislation, the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act, which he will re-introduce with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to increase opportunities for families living in poverty. The bill aligns and links existing systems and funding streams to...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján denounced the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice that the EPA is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for damages caused by the Gold King Mine Spill. The lawmakers vowed to continue...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced they are offering an amendment to protect the tens of thousands of New Mexicans and 11 million Americans who receive health insurance through the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). They joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and other senators from...