press releases

New Mexico is at a crossroads. We’ve heard that before. But our challenge is even more basic than that. We need to fundamentally change the trajectory of our state. While we’ve seen positive economic signs across the country, the picture in New Mexico remains stark. Our state’s unemployment rate is higher than the national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This Saturday, May 16, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border region to discuss economic development and expanding community health services. Saturday afternoon, Senator Heinrich will visit the Santa Teresa industrial corridor and meet with officials from the Border Industrial Association and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined his VA Backlog Working Group colleagues in introducing the 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act, a comprehensive bill designed to create a system that can withstand surges in disability claims without generating another veteran disability claims backlog. The Senators also...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After U.S. Senate Republicans passed the joint budget resolution, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following 10 reasons why the Republican budget would hurt New Mexico's economy and weaken the middle class. "This Republican budget is all wrong for New Mexico. It increases tax breaks for millionaires and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham, and a representative for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce met with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to discuss their concerns about the continuing disruptions of behavioral health services in New...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), the ranking member on the Subcommittee on National Parks, joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to promote active lifestyles for America's children by introducing a resolution to mark Kids to Parks Day. Started...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced S.1078, the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, a bill to make it easier for kids to connect with the outdoors and realize the many physical and mental health benefits associated with a more active, outdoor lifestyle....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after voting against the Senate Republican ‎budget resolution for fiscal year 2016.  The resolution (S. Con. Res. 11) was passed by a vote of 52 to 46. "The Republican budget does not align with New Mexico priorities. We aren't going to grow our...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decision to revise the 40-mile eligibility rule for the Veterans Choice Program by measuring the driving distance between a veteran's home and the nearest VA medical center, instead of the current "as the crow flies" definition....

More than 16 million uninsured Americans gained affordable coverage because of the Affordable Care Act    9.4 million seniors across the country have saved more than $15 billion on prescription drugs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted the need to continue making health care coverage available for...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature where he discussed leveling the playing field for hard-working New Mexico families and diversifying the state's economy. In his remarks, Senator Heinrich focused on the need to work together in building a two-generation approach to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Medical Evaluation Parity for Servicemembers (MEPS) Act, a bill to improve the way the military identifies and assesses mental health issues. The MEPS Act would institute mental health assessments for incoming recruits and ensure servicemembers separating from active...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan group of senators this week in renewing their efforts to expand restitution for victims of radiation exposure related to U.S. nuclear arms testing in the 1950s and 1960s. As a part of that effort, the senators introduced the Radiation Exposure...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of senators this week in renewing their efforts to expand restitution for victims of radiation exposure related to U.S. nuclear arms testing in the 1950s and 1960s.  As a part of that effort, the group of senators introduced S. 331, the Radiation Exposure...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved $15.6 million conditional funding for the New Mexico State Veterans' Home in Truth or Consequences to construct a new 59 bed facility. The construction...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill to make it illegal for states to chip away at women's reproductive rights. The legislation would protect a woman's right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), released the following statement tonight after President Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress: "Tonight, the president laid out a clear vision to increase opportunities for all Americans and strengthen our middle class. While our nation's economy is progressing,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after President Obama announced a plan to expand paid sick and family leave for working families. In New Mexico, there are an estimated 270,000 workers currently without paid sick leave. "The fact that we are the only developed country in the world that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver the keynote address to kick off the second annual Quality of Life Initiative Symposium on Friday, December 5, 2014 at 1:10 p.m. MT at the Santa Fe Community College. The two-day symposium, entitled, "Education, Engagement, Empowerment, Equity," will focus on ways the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $447,748 in funding for a distance learning initiative for the Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M.  This funding, made possible through the Department of Agriculture's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, is intended to counteract high...