press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement regarding the passage of the bipartisan budget agreement:  “This two-year budget deal is the result of months of bipartisan negotiations and finally puts an end to the unacceptable series of short-term spending bills and fiscal crises that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing to consider the future head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed nominee Lisa Gordon-Hagerty on her commitment to maintaining pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including providing the Lab with a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) presided as acting Ranking Member of a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining hearing and worked to advance two conservation bills he introduced with U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced on Friday the U.S. Air Force 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. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a bipartisan group of 65 senators calling on Senate leadership to immediately reauthorize funding for community health centers. In a letter led by U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), the senators expressed their strong support for community health...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) marked the 25th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by cosponsoring the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, or FAMILY Act, that would create a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program. The United States is the only industrialized nation without a...

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.) 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,...

PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich helps install solar panels on a home in Santa Fe with a team from SunPower by Positive Energy Solar, a New Mexico solar installation company, July 5, 2017. January 25, 2018 Dear Friend, The clean energy industry has been one of the brightest spots and fasted growing job sectors in New Mexico and the American...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Tom Udall led a letter, also signed by Senator Martin Heinrich, urging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to keep public lands public by prohibiting widespread sale and transfer of public lands. The senators asked Zinke to uphold the Department of the Interior's responsibility to retain America's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement after President Trump announced his decision to impose up to 30 percent tariffs on imported solar panels and modules that will jeopardize tens of thousands of American solar jobs: “Imposing...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham urged the president not to alter to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in ways that would prohibit New Mexicans in need from accessing...

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. - Following the release of the 2017 New Mexico KIDS COUNT Data Book, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) expressed serious concern about the findings and called for bold action to create economic opportunities and address the needs of both vulnerable children and their parents in New Mexico. He urged the state to invest a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 15. Senator Heinrich will join the community in honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Grant Chapel AME Church Commemorative Breakfast in Albuquerque and the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico lawmakers are divided on how to protect thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. President Trump announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program would end in March.  The program allows DACA recipients to work and attend school, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following his speech on the Senate Floor today, U.S. Senator Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with a group of Dreamers from New Mexico in his office in Washington, D.C. to discuss the importance of passing the Dream Act. Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, are vital members of communities...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at approximately 10:15 a.m. MT/ 12:15 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will speak on the Senate floor urging Republicans in Congress to pass the bipartisan Dream Act. Following Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments yesterday that he...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced today 40 senators have signed on to co-sponsor a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would reinstate robust net neutrality protections and the 2015 Open Internet Order. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to approve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting for a short-term agreement to keep the government open: “Between a near government shutdown and recklessly blowing up the deficit for tax giveaways to the rich, Republicans have failed miserably while hard-working New Mexicans continue...