press releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research and Education Act (CCM-CARE) which would expand National Institutes of...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming a federal grant of $1,186,355 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve community health services in Mora, New Mexico. “Every New Mexican deserves...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are original cosponsors of legislation to expand access to home and community-based services for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, while increasing pay and improving benefits for the caregivers who provide this life-sustaining...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) met with City of Albuquerque officials to discuss how over $4.2 million in direct federal investments that they secured is developing the Gateway Center at Gibson Health Hub, the first medical sobering center in New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, is urging the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to address the high level of dangerous indoor air pollutants emitted by gas stoves.   Reports have found that gas stoves, which are used by more than 40 million homes across...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $545,099 in federal funding under the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling on Senate Leadership to act swiftly and protect health care access for New Mexicans. A looming 8.4% payment cut for 2023 for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule could impact 42% of New Mexicans who rely on Medicare to access health...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) signed a letter to Senate and House leadership as well as the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, urging them to include their bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA) as part of the National...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming $215,199 in federal investments to support emergency and mental health care services in several rural New Mexico communities.  U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is awarding a total of $183,700 to Mental Health Resources, Inc....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced the start of several of the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug provisions, in particular the policy that will force drug companies to pay a rebate back to Medicare if the price of a product rises faster than the rate of inflation. "The Inflation Reduction Act...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and a group of Democratic senators are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take immediate action to safeguard women’s privacy and their ability to safely and confidentially get the health care they need. Specifically, the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 11 colleagues led by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track and address racial disparities in the nation’s public health response to the monkeypox...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 17, at 9:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will head to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Southwest Climate Hub in Las Cruces to discuss climate action – including historic provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Southwest Climate Hub assists New Mexico,...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) hosted a discussion in Las Cruces with local health care providers and advocates to talk about current and future plans to provide abortion services to New Mexicans and others from nearby states.  “Like the overwhelming majority of the...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Wednesday, August 17, at 2 p.m. MT / 4 p.m. ET, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) will join U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for a roundtable discussion with AARP New Mexico highlighting the prescription drug pricing...

WASHINGTON — As more monkeypox virus (MPV) cases spring up across the country, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a group of Democratic senators in a letter urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted for the Inflation Reduction Act that will fight inflation, lower prescription drug and health care costs, make the greatest investments in American history in domestic clean energy production and manufacturing, and reduce the nation’s climate warming carbon...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act, legislation to address the severe mental health care provider shortages and improve access to affordable services at community health centers. The bill would provide new incentives to help bolster the mental health...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of 23 lawmakers in a letter urging Acting National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak to expand funding opportunities for research in osteopathic...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming more than $30 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This funding will support improvements to early...