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PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosts the National Tribal Telecommunications Association, July 23, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted the National Tribal Telecommunications Association (NTTA) in his Washington, D.C. office. The NTTA is in Washington this week to work on telecommunications issues...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured an amendment to improve technology transfer from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) national labs to the private sector. The amendment was included in the fiscal year 2019 spending bill that sets funding for the Department of Energy and passed out of the Senate by an 86-5...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted for the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and announced amendments he secured in the bill that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Waste...

Broadband investment is critical infrastructure investment. Just like access to water, roads, railways, and electricity in the 21st century, broadband internet access determines which communities grow and thrive. For many rural tribal communities, the lack of access to high-speed broadband internet connections leaves far too many of our children...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) are working to advance their bipartisan legislation to improve access to high-speed internet in rural Tribal communities. In a letter to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the senators requested a hearing on the bipartisan Tribal Connect Act. The...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) receives the Solar Champion Award from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), May 23, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was presented the Solar Champion Award by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) for his unwavering efforts to ensure that the federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted to reverse President Trump and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality rules that protect a free and open internet. The bipartisan resolution to save net neutrality passed the Senate by a vote of 52 to 47. Without congressional action, net...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Air Force that it will fund a $3.8 million project at Kirtland Air Force Base to construct additional satellite testing infrastructure. The Air Force was able to secure this funding through a provision...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be the keynote speaker at the University of New Mexico School of Engineering Spring 2018 Convocation. "I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to deliver the keynote address to the 2018 graduating class...

Photos: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) meets with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. April 24, 2018. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to discuss improving access to high-speed internet in...

Applied Technology Associates, an Albuquerque-based engineering firm, has been awarded an $11.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Monday. The contract will be used for a "ground-based, multi-aperture space imaging system." “Applied Technology Associates is a great example of a homegrown...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Air Force that it will award a $11.9 million contract to Albuquerque-based Applied Technology Associates (ATA) for a ground-based, multi-aperture space imaging system. “Applied Technology Associates...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Applied Technology Associates of Albuquerque has won an $11.9 million contract with the Air Force for a ground-based space imaging system, Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Monday. The company specializes in precision measurement, sensing and control technology. It provides services and products primarily for the defense and...

New Mexico added wind power capacity at a faster rate than any other state in 2017, according to a national trade association report. Wind power supplies about 13.5 percent of all energy in the state, enough to power more than 422,000 homes. And with a bevy of wind projects in development, New Mexico is poised to more than double its capacity over...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) to host a panel on improving access to high-speed internet in Tribal and rural communities. The discussion featured Tribal librarians and rural telecom experts and focused on how broadband connectivity and telecommunications...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two western senators are proposing to expand access to a $4 billion federal program that has allowed public schools and libraries throughout the U.S. to obtain high-speed internet at affordable rates as one way to close the digital divide that persists across American Indian communities and other rural...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is partnering with the American Library Association (ALA) to host a panel on improving access to high-speed internet in Tribal and rural communities. Senator Heinrich will be a featured speaker and highlight...

DORA — Wind was on the minds of some Roosevelt County residents on Thursday, but not because their hats were flying off. Landowner Bill Rush touted the economic benefits that come from the energy-producing turbines on the Roosevelt Wind Farm and the planned Sagamore Wind Project, both south of Portales. Rush thanked U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich,...

  (U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Tours Sceye, Inc. in Roswell, N.M., April 4, 2018)  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) toured the development and assembly facility of Sceye, Inc., an aerospace company headquartered at the Roswell International Air Center. Sceye, Inc. develops technologies to better the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. military recently tested a new, high-powered microwave weapon built by Raytheon in New Mexico to down swarms of incoming drones and missiles. Raytheon successfully demonstrated the system in December during an Army exercise at Fort Sill, Ok., where the ground-based weapon shot down 33 unmanned aerial vehicles with...