press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and 20 colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and 20 colleagues in a letter to President Bidenurging the...

On a unanimous vote yesterday, the state Senate approved Josett Monette (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) as the new secretary for the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department. State Sen. Benny Shendo, D-Jemez Pueblo, presents Monette for confirmation right around the 12:12 pm time stamp. Monette’s appointment follows the December departure of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband joined their colleagues in a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel supporting the Commission’s proposal to expand the E-Rate program to allow schools and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after text of the bipartisan National Security Supplemental was released: “Our nation's immigration system is broken, leaving countless families and communities to pay the price for Congressional inaction. With this National Security Supplemental, we begin to change...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced that two additional senators—U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)—have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA). This legislation dedicates significant resources toward...

FACT SHEET: HOW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS LOWERING RX COSTS FOR NEW MEXICANS  WASHINGTON – With more than 450,000 people in New Mexico on Medicare, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is announcing that, for the first time ever, there will be a cap on total out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for New Mexico seniors. On January 1, 2024, the...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), to introduce the Complete Streets Act, legislation to improve the safety and accessibility of transportation routes across the nation.  “New Mexico’s rate of pedestrian-vehicle...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined legislation led by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to ease the burden of child care costs on working families by making permanent tax cuts that...

US Sen. Martin Heinrich held a roundtable in Washington on Wednesday to talk about his Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion or GOSAFE Act he introduced last year. The bill he introduced in November is designed to protect communities from gun violence by regulating firearms based on the lethality of their internal mechanisms, as opposed to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced the Enhancing First Response Act, which would make important updates to our 9-1-1 emergency reporting system to ensure Americans can reach help when they dial 9-1-1 during natural disasters. The legislation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced that the U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution they introduced to recognize National Board Certified Teachers by designating the last week of January as “National Board Certified Teacher Week.”   “My...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representative Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) to introduce the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act, legislation that would provide federal grants to states to create Seal of Biliteracy programs that encourage and recognize...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and a majority of the Senate Democratic Caucus in announcing plans to file an amendment to the forthcoming national security supplemental package that reiterates longstanding U.S. policy in support of a two-state...

PHOTOS | VIDEO   Roundtable participants included Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart, Actress Melissa Joan Hart, Actor Wilson Cruz, ESPN Reporter Sarah Spain, mother of Covenant School shooting survivor Melissa Alexander, Marine Corps veteran John Hambley, & Fashion Designer Whitney Port   WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with the non-profit advocacy group March Fourth, hosted a roundtable at the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday to discuss new gun legislation introduced by Heinrich and three other U.S. senators. Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart also spoke at the event, along with a New Mexico resident & hunter,...

Actress Melissa Joan Hart joined Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and other advocates to rally support for his legislation that would restrict access to certain semi-automatic firearms, large-capacity magazines and related conversion devices.

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced a resolution to recognize National Board Certified Teachers by designating the last week of January as “National Board Certified Teacher Week.” The resolution also encourages administrators, school...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and March Fourth, a nonprofit advocacy group with a mission to end mass shootings in America, are hosting a roundtable discussion Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol with New Mexico law enforcement, firearm owners, influential voices and advocates for responsible gun ownership to discuss Heinrich’s newly introduced gun...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the co-founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, joins advocates in New Mexico in welcoming last week’s guidance from the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that will significantly...