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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, returned from a weeklong national security trip to the Middle East focused on the U.S. fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Senator Heinrich traveled to Iraq, Kuwait, and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce announced a joint effort to urge the U.S. Air Force to relocate operational F-16 squadrons to Holloman Air Force Base and expand Holloman's mission to include new F-16 formal training units. The Air Force needs to move F-16s from Hill Air...

ALAMOGORDO - A bipartisan contingent of the state’s congressional delegation is urging the federal government to relocate F-16 squadrons to Holloman Air Force Base and expand training efforts at the southern New Mexico post. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Rep. Steve Pearce are asking U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Director Roderick Allison, of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, at the Albuquerque International Sunport to highlight a legislative measure...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Aug. 23, 2016) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, hosted the 2016 Energy Summit: Energy Storage Strategies for Industry & National Security in Albuquerque. The event brought together more than 200 industry leaders, scientists, grid and national...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a Service Academy Information Night on Tuesday, August 23, in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Senator Heinrich's staff will be on hand to answer questions and give prospective applicants and their families the opportunity to speak with...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Tuesday, August 23, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host the 2016 Energy Summit: Energy Storage Strategies for Industry & National Security in Albuquerque. The event will bring together industry leaders, scientists, and grid and national security experts, and feature panel discussions with representatives from...

WASHINGTON, D. C. (July 13, 2016) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a group of senators in securing final passage of a provision he introduced earlier this year to enhance U.S. airport and mass transit security. The provision was included in the bipartisan, bicameral Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension, which authorizes the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $10.4 million to support border security and emergency preparedness in New Mexico. The grants were awarded through several U.S. Department of Homeland Security preparedness grant programs.  "Living in a border state, New Mexicans are keenly aware of...

Last week, we objected to the Senate moving forward on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization bill. We are concerned that this bill would undermine a federal board that serves as an independent watchdog for intelligence agencies. We are even more concerned that this bill includes an unnecessary, sprawling expansion of the FBI’s ability to spy on...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met with New Mexico National Guard officials in Santa Fe, N.M., to discuss increasing resources for counterdrug efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border and build upon efforts to enable the New Mexico National Guard to become the first Air...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a group of senators in urging House and Senate members negotiating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill to include a provision to enhance U.S. airport and mass transit security. The senators sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2016) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling on House and Senate members negotiating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill extension to include a provision he spearheaded to enhance airport and mass transit security. The provision, which passed the Senate in April, would strengthen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act over a provision in the bill that seeks a massive expansion of government surveillance into Americans' email, web browser history, and communication through social media...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan compromise U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) helped forge with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to keep guns from terrorists survived an attempt by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reject the legislation in the Senate.  After a majority of the Senate supported the amendment on a procedural vote,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) fought for additional resources for counter drug efforts along the Southwest Border to address the heroin and opiate epidemic in the United States. The hearing was to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Joseph L. Lengyel...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) helped forge a bipartisan solution with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to help keep guns from terrorists and make our country safer. At a press conference in the U.S. Capitol today, a group of senators from both sides of the aisle unveiled the Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act of 2016,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the wake of Orlando terrorist attack, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and their Senate Democratic colleagues on the Senate Floor today to demand action to reduce gun violence. Senator Heinrich highlighted commonsense measures he supports to  prevent individuals on the terror...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following a briefing yesterday for members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the Orlando terrorist attack, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his support for legislation to prevent individuals on the terror watch list and other suspected terrorists from purchasing guns and explosives. He is cosponsoring the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted for the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the Senate by a vote of 85 to 13. Senator Heinrich secured key provisions in the legislation to benefit New Mexico's men and women in uniform,...