press releases

Legislation fully funds WIC, supports rural communities, protects food supply, keeps families safe, and invests in agricultural research WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomed the Senate...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the passage of the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, legislation he cosponsored to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law. “Since Republicans overturned Roe v. Wade, they’ve launched attack after attack on women’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, filed an amendment to codify the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair’s (VA) rule protecting veterans and their beneficiaries’ access to abortions in the cases of rape,...

WASHINGTON — Today, a bill backed by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to extend federal programs that help local fire departments address staffing needs, purchase equipment, develop fire training and education programs, and improve emergency medical services, was signed into law by President Joe Biden.  The Fire Grants and Safety Act...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Choose Medicare Act, legislation that gives every American who is not already eligible for Medicaid or Medicare the opportunity to enroll in Medicare.   The Choose Medicare Act opens up Medicare to all Americans with a new ‘Part E’ and builds on the Affordable Care Act. By allowing...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich was part of the bipartisan group that negotiated and passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in 2022. Heinrich, D-New Mexico, released a statement Tuesday about a White House report detailing the Act’s implementation and effects two years after it was signed into law. “Our Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was the...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement to mark the celebration of Independence Day on the Fourth of July: “Independence Day gives us a chance to come together with family and friends to celebrate our country while also recommitting to the work of protecting our hard-won freedoms, reinstating the freedoms...

Elevate Quantum Tech Hub to tap University of New Mexico, Los Alamos,and Sandia National Laboratories to bring quantum computing to scale 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 $41...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced nearly $39 million in federal funding for transportation infrastructure upgrades across New Mexico. The investment will help fund projects to improve...

The Department of Justice has used Heinrich provisions on gun trafficking and straw purchases to charge more than 500 defendants, removing hundreds of firearms from the streets WASHINGTON – Two years after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) into law, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the core...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with local leaders in Las Vegas, N.M. to discuss the continuing impacts to the City of Las Vegas’s water treatment plant and water system due to recent floods and the ongoing fallout from the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. He also sat down with local families and small...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in commemoration of Pride Month.    VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Pride Month Statement, June 27, 2024.  “All New Mexicans deserve to live openly and freely as their authentic selves. I am proud that our state has led the way, for decades, in providing legal...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (N.M.) is cosponsoring two bipartisan bills, both led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), to strengthen border security at ports of entry: The Securing America's Ports of Entry Act would fully staff America's airports, seaports, and land ports of entry by requiring U.S. Customs...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored three bills to strengthen consumer protections for working families.   “Costs are too high for many working families in New Mexico. From excessively high health care and prescription drug costs to the continuing weight of student loans, many families are still struggling to make ends...

TAOS, N.M. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined a community gathering with local leaders to commemorate the federal acquisition of 3,700 acres of land adjacent to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in Taos County, N.M....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and dismantled women’s constitutional right to access abortion care. “Two years ago today, the Supreme Court’s radical majority overturned Roe v. Wade, abandoning 50 years...

PHOTOS & VIDEOS RUIDOSO, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) met with families, local and Tribal leaders, firefighters, first responders, and emergency operation commanders in Roswell, Ruidoso, and the Mescalero Apache Reservation, discussing the response to and impacts of the South Fork and Salt...

RUIDOSO, N.M. (credit: KFOX14/CBS4) — US Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan will visit Ruidoso on Friday and nearby areas amid the ongoing wildfires. They will meet with first responders and families impacted by the fires. They have urged President Biden to approve a disaster declaration request for the state.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded Senate passage of his bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act, legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments in New Mexico and across the country. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and...

RUIDOSO, N.M. – 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.) released the following joint statement, announcing that President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County and the Mescalero...