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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomed a newly announced $1.9 million funding award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development for the Southwest Border Regional...

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 today’s announcement that the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have initiated a two-year segregation period to temporarily...

Acquisition made possible with funds from the Inflation Reduction Act New Mexico Democrats passed into law WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming this week's announcement that...

Washington, D.C.— The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Democrats released a new report today detailing how Trump’s mass deportation plans would cause catastrophic harm to the economy. Depending on how many immigrants are deported, these mass deportations would:   Reduce real gross domestic product (GDP) by as much as 7.4% by 2028,   Cause labor...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) applauded the Senate passage of their bipartisan Indian Buffalo Management Act, legislation to create a buffalo program at the U.S. Department of the Interior and help promote and develop Tribal capacity to manage buffalo. The Indian Buffalo Management Act provides...

Though the U.S. immigration system remains broken, immigrants are crucial to growing the labor force and supporting economic output. Immigrants have helped expand the labor supply, pay nearly $580 billion a year in taxes, possess a spending power of $1.6 trillion a year, and just last year contributed close to $50 billion each in personal income...

Washington, D.C.— Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that prices measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.3% in November. Data also show that annual prices grew 2.7.% over the last...

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 $3,392,905 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help New Mexico’s law enforcement solve crimes, support survivor services, improve...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is calling on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to listen to the broad coalition of New Mexicans who are calling to protect the invaluable cultural and natural resources in the Caja del Rio by designating a new national...

Bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act clears final hurdle in Congress  WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded the passage of his Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Co-led with U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), this legislation...

Washington, D.C.— Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 227,000 in November and the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. The unemployment rate was 6.4% for...

New funding initiative will support New Mexico’s farmers and producers while reducing water losses 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 an announcement from the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) secured the confirmation of Sarah Davenport for U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. “Sarah Davenport has built an impressive legal career as a federal prosecutor in New Mexico and has strong roots in her home community of Las Cruces,” said Heinrich and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act, legislation that will safeguard consumers from predatory payday lending practices. “Part of building an economy that benefits working people means cracking down on predatory lending practices that put folks into an endless...

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.) called on the U.S. Forest Service to complete the initial steps of the mineral withdrawal process in the Upper Pecos Watershed. Completing the initial steps...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Postal Processing Protection Act, legislation that will require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to fully study the consequences of closing or downsizing rural mail processing facilities before making any final decisions in an effort to protect rural mail processing facilities. “Folks...

Investment will support 4,300 jobs in New Mexico 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 $500 million from the CHIPS and Science Act for Intel’s Rio Rancho facility. This investment...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that a final agreement has been reached with SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque,...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month cosponsored by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and led byU.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after voting to block the transfers of mortars, tank rounds, and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) to Israel. “To finally put an end to the bloodshed and achieve lasting peace for both Israelis and...