press releases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted a press conference in Albuquerque with local and statewide advocates to highlight the damaging impact Senate Republicans' health care legislation will have in New Mexico. “The Senate health care bill will leave average New Mexico families paying thousands of dollars...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Tomorrow, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 9 a.m. in Albuquerque, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a press conference with local and statewide advocates to highlight the damaging impact Senate Republicans' health care legislation will have in New Mexico. ***Press interested in attending should RSVP to...

Last week, hundreds of local residents filled a Doña Ana County Commission meeting to voice their support for a resolution to urge President Trump to protect the public lands in Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. This was just the latest overflow crowd to demonstrate the community’s clear consensus that we should keep in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...

VIDEO: Heinrich Leads Press Conference On Harmful Impact Of Senate Health Care Bill On The Opioid Crisis  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, hosted a press conference with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 27, at 9 a.m. MT/ 11 a.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, will host a press conference in the U.S. Capitol (SVC 201) with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Chris...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich reintroduced legislation that would help extend and expand two critical tax credits that help put money back in the pockets of working families in New Mexico, where almost a third of children live in poverty. The Working Families Tax Relief Act would expand access and value of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today on the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget and priorities, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured a commitment from Secretary Rick Perry to maintain Los Alamos National Lab’s (LANL) plutonium mission into the future. VIDEO: Heinrich...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is rejecting the health care proposal released today by Senate Republicans. For weeks, a small group of Senate Republicans worked behind closed doors without bipartisan input to draft the bill based on the health care bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives. “This train...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, joined U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and other Senate Democrats to hold a forum entitled, “America Speaks Out: How the Republican Health Care Bill Would Devastate Rural America.” At the event, rural health care...

Video of Udall's remarks: https://www.facebook.com/senatortomudall/videos/10155245263792870/ WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, gave back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor about the devastating consequences that TrumpCare would have in New Mexico, particularly in rural communities and for women,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at approximately 1 p.m. MT/ 3 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), will speak on the Senate floor to hold Republicans accountable on TrumpCare and highlight the damaging impact it will have in New Mexico, especially for rural communities.  The speech will be streamed...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to protect New Mexico’s national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act. The New Mexico lawmakers wrote to Zinke to express their strong support for the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling for New Mexicans and people across the country to share a video or photo using the hashtag #AmericaSpeaksOut to highlight what they stand to lose under President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ health care bill. “President Trump and Republicans in the House...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined Senate Democrats in introducing the “No Hearing, No Vote Act” to require a public committee hearing for any legislation that goes through the fast-tracked “budget reconciliation” process – including the TrumpCare legislation. Republicans are...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has provided $13 million for flood management, water infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects throughout New Mexico. The funding comes at the request of Udall and Heinrich following passage in May of the...

VIDEO: Heinrich Urges Resources For Air Force To Move F-16s to Holloman Air Force Base, Train More Pilots WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 6, 2017) —During a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing today on the U.S. Air Force budget and priorities, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) advocated for the resources needed to relocate two additional F-16...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce welcomed the U.S. Air Force’s announcement it has completed the Environmental Impact Assessment for the relocation of two additional F-16 training squadrons to Holloman Air Force Base for the creation of a new Formal Training Unit (FTU)....

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, issued the following statement on reports that President Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the historic agreement reached by the United States and nearly 200 other countries to address the challenge of global...

Earlier this month, I hosted a Town Hall at the Las Cruces Convention Center with Senator Tom Udall. It was encouraging to see hundreds of people engage in our democracy and ask important questions about the direction of our state and nation. I am also grateful for the calls and letters I receive from New Mexicans every day in my offices about a...