press releases

MORA, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich toured the John T. Harrington Reforestation Center in Mora. Senator Heinrich recently secured $1 million in congressionally directed spending for the center’s seed bank and seed collection efforts. PHOTOS: Heinrich Tours John T. Harrington Reforestation Center The center is a partnership...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Thursday, April 21, at 3 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona for a visit to Jemez Pueblo. Senator Heinrich and Secretary Cardona will meet with Pueblo of Jemez Governor Raymond Loretto and additional Tribal leaders to tour...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with New Mexico solar industry leaders to hear how a recently filed solar tariff petition with the Department of Commerce (Commerce) would severely harm the state’s solar industry and the hard-working New Mexicans that support it. PHOTOS: Heinrich Meets With New Mexico Solar...

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Chair Kathy Castor of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in sending a bicameral letter urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to accelerate the transition to clean energy by improving transmission planning, optimizing the cost...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 2021, the Violence Intervention Program was introduced as a way to try and prevent gun violence by reaching out to victims with the help necessary to break the cycle of violence – now, the program is receiving a boost as it has proved to be successful. The program has a 93% success rate and, thanks to new funding,...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Las Vegas-area veterans to hear how recommendations that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provided for the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission, could impact the delivery of health care services at the community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) in Las...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Albuquerque Crossroads for Women to discuss how $1 million he secured in new federal funding will go straight to housing, support, and resources to help women that have been incarcerated rebuild their lives. Senator Heinrich secured $1 million in...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Bob Phillips said he’s been in pain since he was 19. That’s how old he was when he was badly injured while serving in the Air Force. Now, at age 66, he has two prosthetic knees, several rods, screws and pins in his legs, back and feet. He lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and sees a health care professional several...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed $4 million in funding for New Mexico through the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) aimed at reducing the risk of severe wildfires, supporting local economies, creating jobs and enhancing forest and...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will engage in on-the-ground discussions in Albuquerque and Las Vegas to advance priorities for New Mexicans. At 11 a.m. MT, Senator Heinrich will attend the open house for the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)...

ALBUQERUQUE, N.M. – On Saturday, April 16, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with the Southwest Are Type 1 Incident Management Team 2 for a fire briefing and tour of key impacts areas of the McBride and Nogal Fires.  Senator Heinrich also met with Lincoln County and Village of Ruidoso Emergency Managers to discuss recovery...

New Mexico’s U.S. senators are holding discussions with veterans this week on a recent recommendation to shut down smaller Department of Veterans Affairs’ health clinics in four New Mexico towns. Sen. Martin Heinrich, an Albuquerque Democrat, will be at the VFW San Juan Argonne Post 1547 in Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.,...

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 requesting that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough visit New Mexico to see firsthand just how integral community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) are to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a group of 20 lawmakers who are calling on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to accurately assess the cost of reliance on fossil fuels, which impacts national security and the climate crisis, as the agency prepares to update its vehicle fleet. The request comes in response to a...

A bill aimed at supporting some of the America’s most imperiled plant and animal species passed a Senate committee last week after it was introduced by New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM). The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was also sponsored by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and was passed April 7 by the U.S. Senate Committee on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a group of twelve bipartisan senators calling on President Joe Biden to consult with Congress and local stakeholders on a state-by-state basis about the potential impacts the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission recommendations would have,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after being selected to serve on a conference committee of Senate and House members to finalize legislation boosting America’s economic competitiveness and address supply chain issues:  "We are in a global race that America needs to win. This bill can...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) are one step closer to getting the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act across the finish line. Today, the landmark conservation legislation was voted out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) with bipartisan support. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: “It is an honor to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as the next Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Jackson received...

The federal Recovering America’s Wildlife Act cleared the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on a 15-5 vote Thursday, advancing what proponents call the “most significant wildlife conservation bill in half a century.” This bill, which is sponsored by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, and Roy...