press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to outline the facts on the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In his remarks, Senator Heinrich highlighted the importance of seeing past the distractions...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and founder of the first ever Congressional Directed Energy Caucus, will deliver a keynote address at the Directed Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. To watch via livstream, click...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Gary Peters (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Al Franken (D-MN) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging him to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting of foreign...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement in response to reports of Paul Manafort's work with the Russian government:  “I am alarmed by reports that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort created and then sold the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall introduced a resolution urging the Secretary of the Navy to name the next nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy “USS Los Alamos” to honor and recognize the contributions the residents of Los Alamos have made to the United States...

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...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement calling on President Trump to come clean on his unsubstantiated accusation that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower prior to the election: “If President Trump wanted to put this to bed,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry inviting him to visit Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. “The work at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories is critical to meeting DOE’s mission of assuring national security through...

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia serves as a leading training site for the brave men and women who are our nation’s front line of defense. Over 500 dedicated FLETC staff in Artesia work hard every day to make sure that law enforcement agents from across the United States get the best quality training. I have...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter today raising serious concerns over a draft plan circulating from the Trump Administration that includes cuts to critical Transportation Security Administration (TSA) programs that safeguard Americans while traveling in order to pay for his border wall. According...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has serious concerns about President Trump’s revised executive order banning refugees and individuals from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. “President Trump’s trial and error approach to national security policy is deeply concerning,”...

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) joined 30 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution calling upon President Trump to truly separate himself from his businesses by converting his assets to simple, conflict-free holdings, adopt blind trusts managed by an independent trustee with no...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dean Heller (R-NV) sent a letter calling on the Senate Homeland Security Committee to conduct a committee hearing on the alarming and unprecedented number of threats and attacks against faith-based community centers across the country, including bomb threats to Jewish Community...

I would like to congratulate the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber on celebrating 25 years of service and leadership. The Chamber continues to play an integral role in supporting existing small businesses, while fostering new business development. Many businesses in southern New Mexico depend on the region’s proximity to Mexico, one...

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.”

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) – The Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque has been no stranger to bomb threats, which are being made to JCC’s across the nation. Just last week, the Albuquerque JCC had their second bomb threat in two weeks. “It’s been the goals of our enemies to disrupt us, but we are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 28, 2016) - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dean Heller (R-N.V.) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security provides state and local law enforcement with adequate resources to protect faith-based community centers across the United States. The Senators have been deeply...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to press reports suggesting that the White House enlisted intelligence officials and key lawmakers to counter stories about President Trump's ties to Russia: "I'm deeply disturbed to learn that the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of repeated public statements by former high-ranking CIA officials about the record of Deputy Director Gina Haspel, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today asked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to declassify information related to Deputy Director Haspel's background. Former...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) released the following statement in response to recently released memos establishing new guidelines for carrying out President Trump's immigration orders from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: “These changes in DHS enforcement priorities, like President Trump’s...