press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing the urgent need to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to peacefully and effectively stem the threat of Iran’s nuclear program. In the...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 14 at 12:30 p.m. MT/ 2:30 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 a hearing titled "Vaccinations and the Economic Recovery," which will explore the role vaccinations and other public health interventions...

WASHINGTON – On the anniversary of the start of the Bataan Death March in World War II, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are announcing the bipartisan Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act to honor the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and ten of his Senate colleagues introduced a resolution reaffirming the federal government’s responsibility to provide access to clean drinking water for Native American communities.  “It is shameful that many Tribal communities, including in New Mexico, lack access to clean...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hiked an expanded access route to Achenbach Canyon - a project made possible through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the number two priority nationally on the Recreation Access funding list. In 2020, Senator...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.) introduced the Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act to improve the resilience of the grid and support new projects that connect modern renewable energy resources to the power demands of regional consumer markets. The...

SILVER CITY, N.M. – At a trailhead to the Continental Divide Trail in Silver City, N.M. today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced legislation to launch a new Civilian Climate Corps. The announcement comes just days after the 88th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, a...

LAS CRUCES - On a visit to Doña Ana County Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., went for a hike on the Achenbach Canyon Trail, which leads into the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.  The access point off of Ladera Canyon Road has been crossed by hikers visiting public lands for years, despite it sitting...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited El Calvario United Methodist Church in Las Cruces to thank community members for advocating and preparing assistance for migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.  PHOTOS: Heinrich Thanks El Calvario, Community Members For Advocating For Migrants, Preparing Assistance During...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a Tuesday discussion with the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) and U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted how President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan would bring much needed infrastructure investments to Tribal nations. PHOTOS: Heinrich...

LAS CRUCES - A church-based shelter in Las Cruces is making preparations in case it needs to care for migrant families who have crossed the border. On Wednesday, leaders at El Calvario United Methodist Church on Campo Street welcomed U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and members of the media to show how the center is preparing in case it receives...

The Air Force’s newest, state-of-the-art combat search-and-rescue helicopter has been putting in some serious miles in New Mexico skies in recent months. The HH-60W – which bears two names, the “Jolly Green II” and the “Whiskey” – arrived at Kirtland Air Force Base late last year. And it quickly become part...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited with the New Mexico National Guard and health care workers that are assisting with efforts to help more New Mexicans receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  PHOTOS: Heinrich Thanks New Mexico National Guard, Health Care Workers Ramping Up Vaccine Distributions In...

A shot of COVID-19 vaccine was plunged into Kristina Zilm’s left arm inside a New Mexico National Guard gym Tuesday afternoon. Just over her right shoulder, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., talked with Guard members about their efforts in distributing vaccines across the state. The senator, during a visit to New Mexico, made his first public...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a group of Senate Democrats introduced the Impact Aid Infrastructure Act (IAIA)  which would provide $1 billion in supplemental funding for school infrastructure construction grants in Fiscal Year 2022 through the Impact Aid program. Similar legislation was introduced in the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commending Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law. The New Mexico Legislature passed the new law during the recent Legislative Session.  “I commend Governor Lujan Grisham, Senators Mimi Stewart and Siah Correa Hemphill,...

WASHINGTON (April 5, 2021) - Beginning today, April 5, 2021, until October 8, 2021, the Office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will accept applications from high school students and recent high school graduates seeking a service academy nomination. Being nominated is a significant honor and the application process is rigorous.  "Each...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) introduced bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) and continue the conservation of local cultural and historic resources through 2036.  Without this critical...

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues are asking the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) to include responses to several questions in the ongoing investigation into the Air Force’s decision to base the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement praising the American Jobs Plan:  “I am thrilled that President Biden has placed clean energy and bold investments in America’s infrastructure at the forefront of his plan to build back better. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...