press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling on Senate Leadership to act swiftly and protect health care access for New Mexicans. A looming 8.4% payment cut for 2023 for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule could impact 42% of New Mexicans who rely on Medicare to access health...

SANTA FE – The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday announced the award of funding for five New Mexico school districts to buy 12 electric school buses. According to a news release from New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich, founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus said, “I am thrilled to welcome this first...

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, are raising concerns about a proposed rule that would reduce the reimbursement rates for air ambulances at the VA. The senators...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) signed a letter to Senate and House leadership as well as the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, urging them to include their bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA) as part of the National...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Bicameral Electrification Caucus, announced the New Mexico recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition. A total of $4,560,000 was awarded to Dulce, Pecos, Las Cruces, Dora, and Lake Arthur...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the formal launch of a new pilot program to make it easier for Tribal libraries to apply for broadband funding through the E-Rate program, which supports eligible schools and libraries. In an announcement last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming two federal grants totaling $1,886,809 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) and the University of New Mexico-Taos (UNM-Taos) to support technology entrepreneurs. “I’m pleased to welcome these federal investments for NMSU and UNM-Taos...

ROSWELL, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours in Eddy County at 11:30 a.m. MT, on Tuesday, October 25. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare,...

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.) are welcoming $400,000 in federal investments from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Tribal Transit Program to improve transportation services for the Pueblos of Tesuque and Santa...

U.S. senators from California and Massachusetts have joined New Mexico Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján in calling for the closure of a Torrance County immigration detention center. The lawmakers — including California’s Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla and Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, all Democrats...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a call for immediate action by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remedy the ongoing unsafe, inhumane conditions at its privately contracted Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) in Estancia, New Mexico. In a letter to ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson, Senator...

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.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is waiving cost-share program requirements for agricultural producers and landowners impacted by the Hermit’s...

ROSWELL, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours for Quay County at 11:30 a.m. MT, on Monday, October 24. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare,...

Mold, water leaks and clogged sinks and toilets were some of the conditions found at the Torrance County Detention Facility during a surprise inspection earlier this year, which is why a group of senators is asking that immigrants being detained there be sent elsewhere. New Mexico Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján this week...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich is leading a call for immediate action by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remedy the ongoing unsafe, inhumane conditions at its privately contracted Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia. In a letter to ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson, Heinrich and his fellow signatories cite ICE’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming $215,199 in federal investments to support emergency and mental health care services in several rural New Mexico communities.  U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is awarding a total of $183,700 to Mental Health Resources, Inc....

The push away from fossil fuels and towards electric vehicles and home appliances is a challenge for rural New Mexico, which lacks the basic infrastructure and cash for these innovations. Though, attempts are being made by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and President Biden's administration through recent legislation signed into law that offers rebates....

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours in Sunland Park at 10 a.m. MT, on Tuesday, October 18. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration,...

WASHINGTON – Today, before the full Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced Matthew L. Garcia to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico. Senators Heinrich and Luján strongly recommended Garcia to join the District Court of New Mexico...

When New Mexico voters go to the polls on Nov. 8, they will consider a proposed state constitutional amendment — in the works for years — that would authorize significant funding increases for public schools and early childhood education.  U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is shepherding an amendment to the state's federal enabling...