press releases

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...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office facility located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, in honor of former U.S. Senator Dennis Chávez. Senator Chávez, the first American-born Hispanic Senator,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Chairman of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted yesterday to block the final passage of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT)...

WASHINGTON – Today, Chairman Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), announced the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations bill for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. The bill provides $317 billion in total funding for fiscal year 2023, including $152 billion in discretionary funding, $24.5 billion more than fiscal year...

SANTA FE, N.M. – On Friday, July 29, at 11:15 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, will tour Siler Yards: Arts+Creativity Center in Santa Fe to highlight how the electrification of homes and buildings can help families and small businesses save money, improve health outcomes, and serve...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, bipartisan legislation to lower costs, boost domestic manufacturing, strengthen domestic supply chains, and preserve American competitiveness in the 21st century: “The CHIPS and Science Act is...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the agreement to add climate provisions to the FY2022 Budget Reconciliation legislation: "We've secured a path forward to fight inflation, lower energy costs, invest in clean energy, and reduce carbon emissions. In addition to lowering prescription drug prices and...

In 1872, seven years after the end of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was president, John Wesley Powell was completing his second expedition down the Colorado River, and Congress was dispatching another party to map areas of the Southwest. Most Western territories were years away — or, in New Mexico’s case, decades away — from...

WASHINGTON – 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.) announced $678,128 in American Rescue Plan funding to Santa Fe County to boost tourism by helping to complete the 15-mile Santa Fe Rail Trail.    “When we invest in New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) co-chairs of the Electrification Caucus, introduced the Clean Energy Jobs Act to meet the growing energy workforce needs and create a comprehensive strategy at the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to eligible businesses and joint labor-management...

After President Joe Biden’s signature piece of environmental legislation appeared to stall in the U.S. Senate, New Mexico leaders and activists called on the President to use his executive powers to declare a “climate emergency” and take steps to address pollution throughout the country. The Build Back Better Act passed the...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) introduced the Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act to promote Tribal food sovereignty and make it easier for Native children to access free meals at school.  “We owe it to every child to provide equitable access to...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26, at 10 a.m. MT/12 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Founder, Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, will participate in a virtual press conference hosted by Rewiring America on the importance of electrification and...

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 Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a request from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to direct the Federal Emergency Management...

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.) announced $875,079 in American Rescue Plan funding to Laguna Economic Advancement, LLC, to plan and design for a facility that will support economic and business opportunities for the Laguna Pueblo along the...

WASHINGTON - Today, during a markup in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act passed out of committee with bipartisan support. The legislation now must be considered by the full Senate. Senator Heinrich’s legislation...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) made significant progress on legislation to unlock major investments in early childhood education in New Mexico. During a markup in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Heinrich’s New Mexico Education Enhancement Act passed unanimously with bipartisan...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and Senate Outdoor Recreation Caucus, is welcoming today’s announcement that the Council on Environmental Quality is signing a memorandum of understanding that establishes...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to declare a climate...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funding, introduced bipartisan legislation to repeal the VA copayment requirement for veterans traveling to medical appointments. “Veterans who live...