press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2019) - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the bipartisan Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019 to establish an investment tax credit (ITC) for business and home use of energy storage. “I...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 5, 2019 - Today, in a hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David L. Goldfein about how the Air Force, and the Department of Defense as a whole, is working to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is emerging as a national leader in joint government-industry efforts to modernize the country’s space-based defense systems and build 21st century laser and microwave weapons, and that is creating opportunities for local business. That includes companies of all sizes, from global players like...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland and Xochitl Torres Small urged Department of Defense Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan to consider New Mexico as a host for co-locating the Space Development Agency headquarters and to fully utilize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) reintroduced the Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in Technology (CHANCE in Tech) Act to provide workers from all backgrounds with the skills and training they need to fill good-paying tech jobs. The American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced the formation of the bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus. AI is a transformative technology with implications spanning a number of fields including transportation, health care, agriculture, manufacturing, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 11, 2019) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Intelligence committees, issued the following statement on the executive order to be signed today launching the American Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiative: “I welcome the administration’s announcement to...

SANTA FE – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich called on state lawmakers Friday to pass legislation dealing with renewable energy, climate change and early childhood education during their ongoing 60-day legislation. In a 20-minute speech, Heinrich, a Democrat, said the session represents a “once-in-a-generation opportunity,” due largely to...

SANTA FE, N.M. (Jan. 25, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature. Heinrich began his remarks by highlighting the devastating impact President Trump's shutdown is having on families and communities in New Mexico. “The longest shutdown in American history continues...

SANTA FE, N.M. – On Friday, January 25, at 12 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will address a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature to share his vision for the state and urge lawmakers to make bold investments in early childhood education, clean energy, and New Mexico families. Senator Heinrich's remarks will...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 17, 2019) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was appointed as the Ranking Member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The subcommittee’s responsibilities include budget and policy oversight of nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, space programs, environmental cleanup...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $20 million, five-year grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the New Mexico SMART (Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced the introduction of S. 3449, the Electric Cars Act of 2018, legislation to extend the electric vehicle tax credit for 10 years. "At a time when electric cars are making advances in scale of production and becoming more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich andU.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded Los Alamos Atomic City Transit $1.485 million through the Low or No Emission Grant Program to purchase new zero-emission battery electric...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that Navajo Technical University (NTU) was awarded $667,909 by the National Science Foundation to improve broadband connectivity for Native students, expanding...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that Navajo Technical University (NTU) in Crownpoint, N.M. was awarded $324,800 by NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project to develop a...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham announced two funding awards to the University of New Mexico (UNM), totaling $3.5 million, from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards will enable UNM to acquire a transmission electron microscope for state-of-the-art...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned third-party social media experts in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. Testimony and the archived webcast of today's hearing will be available here.

Senator Heinrich, Democrat from New Mexico and a member of the Intelligence Committee, gives insight into Russian hacking and admits he and his family have been targeted: “In today’s world that kind of activity, especially spear-fishing, happens all the time," adding, “You certainly can’t be shocked" if the hackers were...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. The Committee will hear testimony from third-party social media experts. The hearing...