press releases

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation to jump start the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) interregional transmission planning process. “If we want to confront the climate crisis and make our electric grid more resilient...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, introduced House and Senate versions of the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act to modernize the nation’s...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, is welcoming the release of a Record of Decision on the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project.   “SunZia will have a massive economic impact in New Mexico. Once it’s...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is announcing the approval of three landmark New Mexico public lands conservation bills. Each of the bills now head to the Senate Floor for full consideration.  The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River...

ALBUQUERQUE – This Friday, May 19, 2023, At 12:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a press conference highlighting the reintroduction of the Living Schoolyards Act and the Universal School Meals Act.   WHEN: Friday, May 19, at 12:30 p.m. MT WHERE: Wilson Middle School, 1138 Cardenas...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), celebrated the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s passage of their bipartisan Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act, legislation to improve the permitting process for outfitters, educational organizations, and community...

The New Mexico Congressional delegation, local officials and environmental groups vowed to fight a high-level nuclear waste storage facility slated to be built in southern New Mexico. On Tuesday, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license allowing nuclear equipment company Holtec International to build and operate a storage...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), to introduce a legislative proposal to respond to...

  FARMINGTON – 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 a mass shooting in Farmington, N.M.: “We are devastated by today’s mass...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Representative Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) announced the Universal School Meals Program Act, legislation that provides a permanent solution to end child hunger in schools by offering free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomes the U.S. Air Force’s approval of Albuquerque’s Kirtland Air Force Base as the designated location to host a new training mission for the AC-130J aircraft.  “Throughout my tenure in Congress, I have been pushing to bring more missions to New Mexico....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Living Schoolyards Act to support schools as they re-envision their outdoor spaces to create more hands-on learning opportunities, strengthen local ecological systems, and give every child a place to learn and play outside. “Every child in New Mexico deserves an...

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.) on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publish final regulations for the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act.   Last...

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, bipartisan legislation that targets the fentanyl crisis by wielding our country’s economic tools against transnational criminal organizations.   “The heartache of losing a loved one to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bicameral letter, led by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-Ga.-07) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-02), of over nearly 90 Congressional colleagues urging the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to implement federal...

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...