press releases

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Tuesday, August 16, at 10:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) will visit Berino to highlight how the Infrastructure Law will deliver critical funding for water and sewer improvements for New Mexico’s colonias. Senators Heinrich and Luján championed...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced five Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program grant awards totaling $146,987,149 to help Tribes deploy broadband infrastructure.   New...

WASHINGTON — The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act introduced by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) received the endorsement of The Washington Post Editorial Board. In an editorial, Congress has a chance to pass the most significant conservation law in decades, The Washington Post urged the...

WASHINGTON — As more monkeypox virus (MPV) cases spring up across the country, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a group of Democratic senators in a letter urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for...

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, has secured a new rebate program in the Inflation Reduction Act that will make all of the cost-saving and health benefits of home electrification a reality for more Americans. The Inflation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted for the Inflation Reduction Act that will fight inflation, lower prescription drug and health care costs, make the greatest investments in American history in domestic clean energy production and manufacturing, and reduce the nation’s climate warming carbon...

WASHINGTON – Electrification Caucus Senate Co-Chairs Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) participated in an “Electric Explainer,” a virtual event hosted yesterday by Rewiring America to discuss the historic climate provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act, their impacts on lowering costs for American...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced a $6.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to North Central New Mexico Economic Development District in Santa Fe. This funding will create the Northern New Mexico Workforce Integration...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act to eliminate copayments for contraception covered by VA. “All veterans...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced $3,206,168 in federal funding to support infrastructure upgrades at Cavern City Air Terminal in Carlsbad. The funding will be used to reconstruct 5,830 feet of runway, allowing the airport to better maintain the structural integrity of the pavement...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, spoke at a press conference after the Senate voted 86 to 11 on the final passage of the bipartisan SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT)...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming $1,240,625 in federal funding heading to the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc., to support healthy behaviors and emphasize strategies to reduce chronic disease risk factors in...

Washington D.C. – Today, 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.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to express strong support for New Mexico as a...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3, at 1 p.m. ET, Electrification Caucus Co-Chairs Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) will participate in an “Electric Explainer” – a virtual press conference hosted by Rewiring America that will unpack the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, as...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel urging the FCC to consider more ways to advance Native...

WASHINGTON – Today, in response to calls from 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 Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.), and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted an...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act, legislation to address the severe mental health care provider shortages and improve access to affordable services at community health centers. The bill would provide new incentives to help bolster the mental health...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that New Mexico is one of six states to pilot the Community Solar Subscription Platform, which is designed to connect community solar electric bill savings projects to households...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is welcoming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Juan Eduardo Sanchez to be the Federal Co-Chairman of the Southwest Border Regional Commission. The Commission is one of seven authorized federal regional commissions and authorities, which are congressionally-chartered, federal-state...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations package that includes over $250 million in investments they are fighting to deliver for 130 local projects across New Mexico. The Senate Appropriations Committee released a nearly $1.7 trillion fiscal...