press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed news that Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico will receive $4 million to train and re-train hundreds of young and displaced workers for higher-paying information technology jobs in the Albuquerque area.  Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico will use the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that counties across New Mexico will receive more than $37.7 million through the 2016 Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. The total is a $3.2 million increase from the total payments the state received last year, partly due to the advocacy of Udall and Heinrich. A...

Roswell has received more than $2.1 million in federal funds to complete the final portion of a three-phase runway repair project. Federal Aviation Administration grants for the Roswell International Air Center and Artesia Municipal Airport will pay for the work on runways. Artesia will receive $3.15 million, while Roswell has been allocated $2.14...

Airports in Artesia and Roswell will receive $5.29 million in federal grant money to improve their infrastructure, Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Wednesday in a joint statement. The Artesia Municipal Airport will get $3.15 million and the Roswell International Air Center $2.14 million for rehabilitation to runways, according to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $5,290,000 million in grants to support air transportation infrastructure projects at airports in Artesia and Roswell. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded the grants to fund airport rehabilitation...

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,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to preserve wilderness within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (OMDP). The Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks Conservation Act provides permanent protection for some of Southern New Mexico's most scenic landscapes and will safeguard...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - As the Los Alamos National Laboratory faces thousands of job openings over the next five years New Mexico's community colleges are looking at how they can prepare their students for those jobs. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that representatives from the lab and community college presidents met in Santa Fe with...

Millennials were on the menu Wednesday, as administrators from seven Northern New Mexico colleges and universities met with community and human resources officials from Los Alamos National Laboratory to digest the implications of a generational shift that is affecting much of the country. Members of the Millennial Generation (a cohort of the...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D–N.M.) wants to boost New Mexicans’ chances of filling approximately 2,000 vacancies at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the next five years. To facilitate that goal, Heinrich gathered representatives from LANL and seven northern New Mexico colleges for a roundtable on Wednesday to discuss ways to tailor...

SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, convened a roundtable today with university and college presidents and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) representatives in Santa Fe to discuss increasing job training opportunities for positions at LANL. One third of LANL's...

Heinrich To Convene Roundtable On LANL Workforce Training With University And College Presidents SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will convene a roundtable on Wednesday, June 1, at 10:30 a.m. with university and college presidents and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) representatives in Santa Fe to discuss ways to increase...

In a phone interview with the Los Alamos Monitor Tuesday, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discussed some recent successes in the Senate that could have both direct and indirect benefits for Los Alamos. The fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has several gains for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including an increase in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) submitted a statement for the record to the United States Senate to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Bueno Foods, a New Mexico family-owned business. Bueno Foods was started in 1951 in Albuquerque and has since become well known for their wide array of New Mexico products. Bueno Foods and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), both members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, have introduced a resolution to celebrate that the U.S. has reached one million solar installations across the country. The solar energy industry supports bringing clean solar technology into...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that benefit New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, border security, and job creation throughout...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that the University of New Mexico (UNM) will receive $884,573 from the National Science Foundation to collaborate with Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to develop a certificate program in green construction technologies. The program will prepare...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (N.M.-03) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.-01) are urging National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Lt. General Frank G. Klotz, USAF (Ret.) to strongly consider the benefits of using New Mexico local...

SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Los Alamos on Thursday, May 5, to highlight technology transfer between Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and private industry, and also meet with LANL's historian. On Thursday morning, Senator Heinrich will tour the start-up tech company Descartes Labs. The company uses...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, will be in Albuquerque on Monday, May 2, 2016, to announce a significant federal investment award for a New Mexico company, Aquila, that will boost military technology manufacturing in the state. Senator Heinrich led the effort to secure this...