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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in a hearing for the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development to review the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Submission for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation. VIDEO: Heinrich Weighs In During Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) released the following statements today after the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation they cosponsored to combat wage discrimination on the basis of gender, was blocked from passage on the Senate Floor by a Republican filibuster: "Preventing women from...

WASHINGTON – Today, in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending nominations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) expressed support for Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Senator Heinrich noted that Stone-Manning’s experience in Tribal issues,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act to jumpstart American competitiveness and make one of the most significant government investments in American innovation and manufacturing in...

WASHINGTON - In an op-ed published by The New York Times today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) calls for electrifying large parts of the U.S. economy and changing the supply of all that electricity from polluting fuels to clean energy. Senator Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the...

WASHINGTON – Today, June 8, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. MT/ 4:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), will participate in the 2021 Aspen Forum on Children and Families: Our Moment is Now. Senator Heinrich is a featured speaker on a panel focused on how a two-generation...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is urging the New Mexico State Game Commission to reject five landowners’ requests to certify waterways crossing their properties as nonnavigable and closed to the public, arguing it would be unlawful. The commission should reject the applications when they review them at a June 18 hearing, Heinrich wrote in a...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is urging the New Mexico State Game Commission to deny pending applications from landowners seeking state certifications that rivers crossing their property are non-navigable and therefore closed to the public.  In...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a group of 19 senators in calling on the leaders of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to share data to identify communities without...

Hikers, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts will have a larger playground near Jemez Springs when the U.S. Forest Service buys a historic, 2,000-acre ranch. The federal government is purchasing the Valley of the Spirit Ranch, two sprawling parcels that surround the village of Jemez Springs in Santa Fe National Forest. About $2.2 million has...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich toured Chispas Farm on Friday afternoon as part of an effort to empower farmers to reach net-zero emissions by 2040. Chispas Farms is a shining example of the successful use of regenerative farming practices in soil rehabilitation and creating a symbiotic relationship with the local environment. Heinrich was joined by...

There’s always something growing at Chispas Farm in the South Valley. Farm manager Casey Holland rotates crops to build healthy soil, uses flowers as pest management and makes fertilizer with chicken manure. “We’re continually trying to improve the land,” Holland said. Federal programs should scale up local solutions to help...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that the Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University (NMSU) will receive $1 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to encourage the growth of new high-tech jobs in New Mexico. The award is part of DOE’s Energy...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Friday, June 4, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will tour Chispas Farm in Albuquerque’s South Valley, and discuss investing in agriculture as a climate solution. Senator Heinrich will be joined by Casey Holland who currently runs Chispas Farm, a four-acre community-focused farm, as...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to evaluate whether El Paso Electric’s air quality permit request puts El Paso and Doña Ana Counties at risk for hazardous air pollution and emissions, affecting the health and safety of residents in...

Ralph Vigil's farm in Pecos, New Mexico depends on the Pecos River as it has for 13 years, the same river that runs across almost the entire eastern side of the state, crossing its southern border with Texas in the southeast corner.  What happens in the headwaters of the Pecos where Vigil grows vegetables like lettuce and tomatoes has a direct...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to fully fund the Payments...

WASHINGTON (June 2, 2021) — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it would suspend all activities related to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending completion of a comprehensive...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her federal child tax credit payments come. The 20-year-old mother of three has applied to work as a driver with a food delivery app, and she has earmarked the extra cash for repairing, registering and insuring...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming an announcement from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) that the Pueblo of Acomawill receive $114,000 to support strategies for economic growth and job creation.  The funding will be used to support the development and...