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New Mexico U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the state’s border with Mexico Monday to highlight policies to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country. The lawmakers toured the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, which uses scanning technology funded by $400 million secured earlier this year to “improve the detection and seizure of...

Heinrich and Vasquez on Monday visited the Santa Teresa Port of Entry to highlight this. They say upgrades include better scanning technology for both inbound and outbound operations at the port. “We really want to be able to focus simultaneously on policy as well as well as resources. The more resources CBP has, the more effectively they can scan...

Heinrich and Vasquez started the day touring the inside of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry to view the scanning technology. Heinrich and Vasquez joined with news media outside the port of entry and called the scanning technology “state of the art.” Heinrich said he and Vasquez hope to see it utilized at ports of entry all along the border.  Heinrich...

PHOTOS LAS CRUCES — Today, during a visit to FYI+ — a community-based health care provider serving Las Cruces and southern New Mexico — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted how investments he secured are helping New Mexico expand access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment.   U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)...

LAS CRUCES — During a visit to the Santa Teresa Port of Entry and the New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) highlighted how investments they have secured are helping law enforcement agencies tackle the fentanyl crisis and strengthen...

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 Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to support disaster-relief jobs and training services in communities affected by the South Fork and...

MDMA-assisted therapy could help address the mental and behavioral crisis, especially among American veterans  WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.),alongside 17 of their Senate colleagues, urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner to rely on scientific evidence and data as the FDA...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced bipartisan legislation to promote artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in the financial services industry. The Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act would establish regulatory guardrails at financial regulatory agencies for regulated entities to...

Legislation Heinrich voted to advance would have expanded Child Tax Credit payments for working families, boosted affordable housing WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a tax package that would have expanded the Child Tax Credit for 16 million children, provided tax...

Investments Heinrich Championed Support Service Members, Defense Installations and National Labs, Clean Energy, Water Infrastructure, Economic Development, Education, Health Care, and Workforce Development WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2025...

Top law enforcement official will help bring dangerous criminals to justiceand join New Mexico’s fight against deadly drugs, illegal firearms, and violent crime across the state and on Tribal lands WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced today that they have successfully secured the confirmation of...

USDA’s New Water Savings Commodity Program Follows Call from New Mexico, Colorado, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, & Montana Lawmakers in April Elephant Butte Irrigation District set to receive up to $15 million in funding from this program WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.),...

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 Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,792,276 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve airports across New Mexico.  The FAA grants will fund airfield, safety, and...

Investment will renovate downtown Lordsburg, support small businesses, and create new economic opportunities WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the City of Lordsburg. This funding was made...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) applauded the Senate’s unanimous and bipartisan passage of their legislation, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. This legislation would make it easier for “Good Samaritans,” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other...

Heinrich: Permitting legislation would lead to historic reduction in climate-warming emissions, build more transmission, make unprecedented investments in geothermal technologies   WASHINGTON — After voting to advance the Energy Permitting Reform Act 0f 2024 out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, announced bipartisan passage of his Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act (CREATE AI Act) out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The legislation now...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, applauded Senate passage of legislation he cosponsored to protect children online and safeguard their privacy, and hold Big Tech accountable. The Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, applauded Senate passage of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act), legislation he cosponsored, that will hold accountable those responsible for the proliferation of nonconsensual,...

WASHINGTON – The OhkayOwingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act and Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act legislation championed by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) received a key hearing...