press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement today calling for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down as head of the VA after a preliminary report released by the agency's office of inspector general found that least 1,700 veterans waiting for health care services at...

SANTA FE, NM (March 14, 2014) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s staff will join Santa Fe City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez in co-hosting a bilingual community listening session at Santa Fe’s Habitat for Humanity offices on Saturday, March 15. The session is part of the Quality of Life Initiative, which brings together service...

WASHINGTON - U.S Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy asking her to provide public health analysis and deploy mobile environmental monitoring units to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M. The mobile monitors would conduct independent tests...

At La Familia Medical and Dental Clinic in the Agua Fría village on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich glimpsed the efforts of a community working to reinvent itself. The challenges are many, noted City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, who represents the city’s south side. Some students in the area lack Internet access, so they...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties beginning Thursday, February 20, to participate in briefings and events, and discuss making the economic recovery work for average New Mexicans. On Thursday this week, Senator Heinrich will tour the Admiral Beverage Corporation in...

The Southwest New Mexico Transition Center received a visit from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Thursday on a whirlwind tour of the southern half of the state. Heinrich traveled to Luna and Dona Ana counties to meet with local and area organizations in Deming, Hatch and Las Cruces. The tour began Wednesday. "We are honored Senator Heinrich...

The Southwest New Mexico Transition Center received a visit from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Thursday on a whirlwind tour of the southern half of the state. Heinrich traveled to Luna and Dona Ana counties to meet with local and area organizations in Deming, Hatch and Las Cruces. The tour began Wednesday. "We are honored Senator Heinrich...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Americans continue to experience technical difficulties with federal and state health insurance enrollment, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich called on U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to extend the open enrollment period to give Americans more time to obtain health insurance...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Rio Arriba and Colfax Counties for an economy and jobs tour this week. The tour will focus on a range of issues focused on growing New Mexico's economy and strengthening the middle class, including workforce development, job training, making college affordable, fire recovery...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with Reps. Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham, are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to hold a public forum in New Mexico to give constituents the opportunity to provide detailed input and feedback about their access to quality...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico will receive $1 million in new grant funding from Health and Human Services (HHS) for efforts to identify and enroll children eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The award is part of the Affordable Care Act and the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The New Mexico Congressional Delegation has introduced legislation to expand needed research, treatment and education efforts related to Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM), a relatively unknown disorder of the brain and spinal cord more common among New Mexico Hispanics than any other group.  The Cavernous Angioma...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján wrote a letter today to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Indian Health Services to express their concern with the rapid increase in HIV cases on the Navajo Nation.  The New Mexico members were also joined by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) today led a bipartisan group of senators in renewing their efforts to expand restitution for Americans sickened from working in uranium mines or living downwind of atomic weapons tests. April 19, 2013 is the 24th anniversary of the introduction of the original Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are spearheading an effort with 16 of their colleagues to expand comprehensive school-based mental health services for children.  The Mental Health in Schools Act would authorize funding for grants to schools and other mental health centers to partner with community-based...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) is encouraging New Mexico families to protect themselves against the flu. In a new Public Service Announcement released today, Sen. Heinrich says, “The flu season is here and it’s important that our families stay healthy… I got my flu shot, have you?” English PSA...