press releases

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16, at 10:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) will visit Berino to highlight how the Infrastructure Law will deliver critical funding for water and sewer improvements for New Mexico’s colonias. Senators Heinrich and Luján...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and City of Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller are welcoming $11,466,938 in federal investments from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to construct a mile long,...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Tuesday, August 16, at 10:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) will visit Berino to highlight how the Infrastructure Law will deliver critical funding for water and sewer improvements for New Mexico’s colonias. Senators Heinrich and Luján championed...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced $3,206,168 in federal funding to support infrastructure upgrades at Cavern City Air Terminal in Carlsbad. The funding will be used to reconstruct 5,830 feet of runway, allowing the airport to better maintain the structural integrity of the pavement...

WASHINGTON (July 7, 2022) — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming more than $2.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve wastewater systems in Doña Ana County. “Upgrading and maintaining our wastewater treatment infrastructure is critical to...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced $7 million in federal investments from the Infrastructure Law heading to the Albuquerque International Sunport. This funding will be used to refurbish passenger boarding bridges and electric ground...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming $7.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This federal funding will be used by the City of Farmington to upgrade taxiways at Four Corners...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján are welcoming $2 million in American Rescue Plan grant funding to the City of Carlsbad to replace critical water infrastructure on the Double Eagle Waterline. The investments from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) are expected to create 200 jobs and...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $73,508,702 in investments from the Infrastructure Law to enable transit agencies to modernize and expand services for New Mexicans in communities large...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced the first installment of funding, $160 million, from the Infrastructure Law to support the completion of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System pipeline in eastern New Mexico. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) hosted a virtual information session for local government leaders in New Mexico on the historic transportation funding opportunities available through the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “My goal in hosting these sessions is to...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 10, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), co-founder of the Electrification Caucus and member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will join U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, and White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy as they...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 7, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released a New Mexico guide to the formula and competitive funding opportunities provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021, this once-in-a-generation investment will deliver at least...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement on U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s decision to lock in gas-powered vehicle purchases for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) fleet: “The U.S. Postal Service’s decision to not replace its...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are announcing $2.24 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants that will be dispersed to northwest New Mexico. These investments from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 11, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are announcing $14.8 million in federal funding for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. The funding for the project, headed by the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA), will be used to continue the construction of a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor Committee, to introduce the bicameral Reopen and Rebuild America’s School Act of 2021. The bill would invest $130...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), hailed the announcement that 18 cable companies, satellite businesses, electrical cooperatives, and wireless providers in New Mexico have won nearly...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applauded the House passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a bill that authorizes Army Corps of Engineers water projects nationwide. The bill...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Donations Acceptance Program (DAP). The program enables U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to explore, create and facilitate...