press releases

SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Rio Arriba County on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, to tour treatment facilities that are helping victims of drug addiction and will host a roundtable discussion on addressing the state's growing heroin and prescription drug addiction epidemic. Senator Heinrich will be joined by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reimburse the City of Rio Rancho $2.135 million for completed upgrades to water treatment facilities. The city funded the construction of a water treatment facility to clean...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 5, 2016) - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) urged President Obama to develop a coordinated interagency response plan to address the spread of the Zika virus both at home and abroad. In a letter, signed by all 46 Senate Democrats, the lawmakers call for the President to take a number of new...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is supporting emergency funding legislation to address the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic that is devastating communities in New Mexico and across the country. The bill S.2423, introduced by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, would provide...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that several New Mexico Tribes are receiving a total of $12.6 million over five years for diabetes prevention and treatment programs.  Tribes receiving funding include the...

Sen. Martin Heinrich traveled to Southern New Mexico this weekend to tour the Health and Human Services' facility at Holloman Air Force Base as well as meet with military officials. "I think getting both squadrons with F-16's here was a big success story and they're doing well," Heinrich said. "There was concern about one of the squadrons...

The American people have witnessed bitter partisan fights for the better part of the last decade over how to best solve the problems of rising costs and reduced access to insurance in our nation’s healthcare system. However, our bipartisan proposal to fully repeal the 40 percent excise tax on high-cost employer sponsored health coverage,...

WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) worked to secure a two-year delay of a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as the "Cadillac Tax," which would tax high-cost health insurance plans and impact health benefits for thousands of New Mexican workers.  The provision to delay the tax was included in the "omnibus"...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 10, 2015) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading the effort to fully repeal a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as the "Cadillac Tax," which would tax high-cost health insurance plans and impact health benefits for New Mexicans. He spoke on the Senate Floor with U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nev.)...

For far too long, Indian Country has been left to fend for itself in dealing with the legacy of hardrock mining. Too many tribal communities, including many on the Navajo Nation, live among abandoned mining and milling sites that contaminate their water, air, and food. In August, a large plume of bright orange toxic waste spilled from the abandoned...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a bipartisan, bicameral meeting to discuss a plan to eliminate the "Cadillac Tax," a 40...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined his Senate colleagues in releaseing a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluating the ability of federal agencies to address the public health risks of climate change. The report found that while federal agencies are planning for and taking steps to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the Pueblo of Laguna will receive a $1 million grant to help complete a network of bike and pedestrian routes. The grant, awarded through the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are continuing their push for reforms that would help all families access quality child care in New Mexico and across the country. The senators announced that they are backing a resolution outlining principles for how Congress...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are continuing their push for reforms that would help all families access quality child care in New Mexico and across the country. The senators announced that they are backing a resolution outlining principles for how Congress...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that several New Mexico Tribes and organizations will be receiving a total of $4.39 million over five years to prevent suicide, fight drug abuse and combat domestic violence through the Indian Health Service's Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)...

FARMINGTON, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to the Navajo Nation on Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3, to tour the massive tribal farm south of Farmington, visit Navajo uranium legacy sites, and join the local community at this year's Shiprock Northern Navajo Nation Fair and Parade. On Friday morning, Senator...

The landmark reforms in the Affordable Care Act have given thousands of New Mexicans access to quality, affordable health care for the first time in their lives. But even the strongest supporters of the law know it isn’t perfect and that there are some parts that need to be fixed. The so-called “Cadillac tax” is one of those...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced bipartisan legislation to fully repeal a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as the “Cadillac Tax,” which taxes high-cost health insurance plans. The senators' legislation is a companion to U.S. Congressman...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that three Affordable Care Act (ACA) grants totaling $2,172,116 have been awarded to Ben Archer Health Center in Hatch, and La Clinica de Familia and St. Luke's Health Care Clinic in Las Cruces. The ACA grants were made available by the Health Resources...