press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of Holtec International’s...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced over $18 million in federal funding for to help recovery efforts for New Mexicans impacted by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.   The Federal Emergency Management...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced that ten senators—four Democrats, five Republicans, and one Independent—have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA). This legislation invests in proactive,...

WASHINGTON - As New Mexico continues to rebuild in the aftermath of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon, Cerro Pelado, McBride, and Black fires, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored two bills aimed at improving the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) mitigation of disasters like flooding and wildfires."The wildfires...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF) honored U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) with the Stewart Udall Conservation Award in recognition of his longtime leadership and successful record of achieving community-driven conservation victories in New Mexico. In addition to Senator Heinrich, CLF also recognized Ed...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, teamed up to introduce the Lake Access Keeping Economies Strong (LAKES) Act.   This bipartisan bill would improve outdoor...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan group of senators in calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take further action to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid use disorder.Specifically, the senators are urging the DEA to initiate a multi-agency evaluation...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution that will roll back a two-year pause on retroactive tariffs on imported solar...

WASHINGTON – Today, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act to protect Chaco Canyon and the greater sacred landscape surrounding the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $2,865,326 in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for eight airports in New Mexico to repair runways,...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), the co-chairs of the Electrification Caucus welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement of a new $250 million funding opportunity to accelerate electric heat...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) urged President Biden and the Indian Health Service (IHS) to select a pilot a voter registration site in New Mexico to...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and 22 of their colleagues to introduce legislation to boost Medicare negotiation of drug prices to lower prescription drug costs for consumers. The Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act would...

WASHINGTON - Two federal programs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have provided over $15.3 million to local fire departments in New Mexico. Those programs, plus funding for the United States Fire Administration (USFA), are set to expire unless Congress acts. This week, a bill backed by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to...

WASHINGTON - Today, at a hearing to review the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, delivered opening...

WASHINGTON - It has been over three months since U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress that the United States would have to use “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its existing obligations. If Congress doesn’t act, and despite these “extraordinary measures,” the Bipartisan Policy...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours in Luna County at 10:30 a.m. MT on Tuesday, April 25. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $9,588,527 to support public schools, roads, emergency services on national forests and grasslands, and for...

WASHINGTON – Most voters believe members of Congress shouldn’t be able to hold and trade individual stocks. But that hasn’t prevented members of Congress from doing it. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of House and Senate members made over a thousand financial transactions after receiving closed-door...

SILVER CITY, N.M. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Silver High School and Western New Mexico University to highlight federal investments to support school-based mental health, distance learning, wildland science education, and research on safe corridors for outdoor recreation and wildlife. PHOTOS: U.S. Senator Martin...