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New Mexico lost almost 14 percent of its solar jobs in 2017, but had a strong showcase in solar installations compared to the rest of the country. A report from The Solar Foundation however, indicates the state is going to be installing more solar in the coming years. The Land of Enchantment ranked No. 29 overall for solar jobs in 2017 with 2,522...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that UbiQD, LLC, a New Mexico-based quantum dot manufacturer, was awarded a $750,000 Phase II grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) bipartisan Energy Technology Maturation Act was passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The legislation, cosponsored by Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the United States Cyber Command’s fiscal year 2019 budget, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) raised concerns about the lack of a national cyber deterrence strategy to prevent future Russian attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. VIDEO: Heinrich Presses NSA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the Net Neutrality National Day of Action, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham cosponsored a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) partisan...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –  Today, February 22, 2018 at 3 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)  will be joined by Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis, CNM President Kathie Winograd and representatives from Sandia National Laboratories and environmental organizations to launch a Solar...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) received a commitment from Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering nominee Dr. Michael Griffin to implement and advance the directed energy weapons program. The $100 million program was established by Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced today 40 senators have signed on to co-sponsor a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would reinstate robust net neutrality protections and the 2015 Open Internet Order. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to approve...

Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) joined U.S. Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in introducing the bipartisan Secure Elections Act, a bill to strengthen election cybersecurity in America and protect against foreign interference in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that he will be joining a group of 15 Senators in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would reinstate robust net neutrality protections and the 2015 Open Internet Order. Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to...

The Trump administration’s “tax reform” proposal, which is now moving forward in Congress, will give away massive tax breaks to wealthy individuals and special interests at the expense of working families and rural communities across America. This plan fails to offer rural communities like Silver City and Deming the solutions they...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) party line vote to overturn net neutrality protections: “As a staunch supporter of net neutrality, I'm appalled that the FCC is choosing to ignore the comments of millions of Americans,...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that they have joined a group of 39 Democratic senators in urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to abandon his plan to repeal the agency’s net neutrality rules in favor of giving internet providers the ability to freely...

Applying for a job, completing a GED, submitting government documents, or doing your homework assignments shouldn’t be a luxury. But these activities are a challenge for the millions of Americans who lack internet access. Without access, students are at a serious disadvantage for research, medical personnel are relegated to inferior...

For some Americans today, logging on to the internet is as easy as going home and turning on the lights. Students can browse the internet and do their homework on their laptops or at local libraries. However, in parts of New Mexico, and especially in tribal communities, a lack of access to high-speed broadband internet connections is leaving far...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced the Tribal Connect Act of 2017 to improve broadband connectivity in Indian Country. The bill would increase access to the Federal Communications Commission's schools and libraries universal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following video promoting "Hour of Code" events taking place across New Mexico during Computer Science Education Week that starts this year on December 4, 2017.  The Hour of Code is a national initiative to introduce...

Our democracy hinges on protecting Americans’ ability to fairly choose our own leaders, and this requires public confidence that the voting results announced on election night are legitimate and reflect the actual votes cast in each state. As members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we are helping to lead the Senate’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To mark National Apprenticeship Week, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) posted a Medium story on their bipartisan effort to encourage educators and businesses to start apprenticeship programs for the tech sector.  In July, Heinrich and Gardner introduced the Championing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 7:30 a.m. MT/ 9:30 a.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will question key officials from Facebook, Twitter and Google during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on social media influence in the 2016 U.S. elections. This hearing is the...