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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) voted for the American Rescue Plan Act, a comprehensive $1.9 trillion package that will provide economic relief and critical resources to New Mexicans, Tribal communities, public health and education systems, and state and local governments. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) congratulated and met virtually with New Mexico’s two student delegates for the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP), Yuttichai (Eric) Sommala of Rio Rancho, and Eli Terry of Portales. PHOTO: Heinrich Congratulates New Mexico U.S. Senate Youth Program Delegates Every year, two...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.). The Committee voted 11 to 9 to advance Congresswoman...

Washington, D.C. - With a total of 51 original co-sponsors, Democrat Darren Soto (Florida) introduced yesterday the new bill in favor of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state of the United States, setting in motion a process with which Governor Pedro Pierluisi intends to find out if Congress is willing to grant statehood to...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is announcing legislation to outline a clear process to enable Puerto Rico’s admission into the Union. Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico) and U.S. Representative Darren Soto (D-Fla.) are introducing the House-companion bill. VIDEO: Heinrich Announces...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.) announced Tuesday they would introduce legislation to start the motions for Puerto Rico statehood. Why it matters: More than 52% of Puerto Ricans voted last November in favor of statehood, three years after Hurricane Maria struck and caused one of the worst natural...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are urging White House Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator Jeff Zients to consider a new COVID-19 vaccination strategy that prioritizes first doses in order to better protect Americans from highly transmissible variants of the disease. The senators...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Energy and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. She was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 64 to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) is fighting to support New Mexico restaurants by cosponsoring the Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (RESTAURANTS) Act of 2021. “New Mexico’s restaurant industry has been dealt too many unfair hands throughout the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement on U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s decision to lock in gas-powered vehicle purchases for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) fleet: “The U.S. Postal Service’s decision to not replace its...

WASHINGTON – Today, Tuesday, February 22, at 12:30 p.m. MT/ 2:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, will participate in an open hearing to discuss the recent extensive cyberattack that breached the networks of U.S. federal agencies and private companies. The hearing will...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is laying out a path to put Americans to work, repair public lands and infrastructure, and improve Tribal relations with President Joe Biden’s U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary nominee U.S. Representative Deb...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced President Joe Biden’s U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary nominee U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to the full committee. VIDEO: Heinrich Introduces Haaland In Interior Secretary Confirmation...

We have known for a long time that pumping unlimited groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer is unsustainable. The future of water for eastern New Mexico communities like Clovis and Portales depends on us securing an alternative supply. That's why I have worked so hard over the last decade to support the construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural...

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, February 23, at 9:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will introduce President Joe Biden’s U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary nominee U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to the full committee. The hearing will...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the Senate and a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today unveiled legislation to expand national service programs to help address the historic COVID-19 joblessness crisis by establishing a 21st Century Conservation...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Feb. 18, 2021) – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited a mobile outreach site for Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless (AHCH) and met with members of their integrated medical outreach team. Senator Heinrich saw firsthand how AHCH directs medical outreach and harm reduction care in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and newly appointed to serve as chairman of the Military Construction (MILCON), Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, visited the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque to discuss the needs of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 32 senators in pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on persistent mail delays and what action he is taking to restore on-time mail delivery. Operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ordered by Postmaster DeJoy last summer resulted in compromised service...

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 announcing $2.24 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants that will be dispersed to northwest New Mexico. These investments from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic...