press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to convict former President Donald Trump on the high crime of inciting an insurrection. The Senate voted 57-43 on the Article of Impeachment. "What happened on January 6, 2021, was not a spontaneous event. This violent and bloody attack on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a new member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that he will serve as the chairman of the Military Construction (MILCON), Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, which oversees funding for new military construction and the U.S. Department of Veterans...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading 12 Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden, announcing forward-looking proposals to help the Biden administration ramp up the electrification of the federal vehicle fleet. The senators wrote, “As you know, the transportation sector produces more...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 11, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are announcing $14.8 million in federal funding for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. The funding for the project, headed by the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA), will be used to continue the construction of a...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior taking steps to strengthen the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by rescinding Trump administration policies that significantly undermined the landmark...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are calling for Congress to correct discrepancies that have caused small and rural states to receive significantly less funding for vaccine and testing than originally estimated. Unfortunately, funding allocated in December for vaccines and testing was...

SANTA FE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service during the pandemic, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announces new Virtual Mobile Office Hours. During these online sessions targeting communities across the state, Senator Heinrich’s staff will be available to assist residents who have questions regarding...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján have introduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act to create a permanent, national paid family and medical leave program, offering a key solution to the country’s public health and economic challenges. The FAMILY Act, introduced by U.S. Senator Kirsten...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced the bipartisan Southern Border Communities Reimbursement Act of 2021, legislation to authorize funding through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to reimburse localities and non-governmental organizations...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) request was granted by the Biden administration to retroactively reimburse state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments for 100% rather than 75% of eligible emergency costs related to fighting COVID-19. President Joe Biden directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, is reintroducing three conservation bills with the hope they will gain traction under a bluer Senate and the Biden administration. Heinrich is jump-starting bills to restrict hard-rock mining in the Pecos watershed, bar mining on four federal sites in Sandoval County and designate a section of a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act, the Pecos Watershed Protection Act, and legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del...

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement after voting to advance the confirmation of President Biden’s U.S. Secretary of Energy nominee former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm out of committee. The Committee voted 13 to...

WASHINGTON – In a letter to the National Economic Council, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Joint Economic Committee, is asking the Biden administration to support efforts to help women return to the workforce. Throughout the pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected by job losses. In December 2020, women...

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement after voting to advance the confirmation of President Biden’s U.S. Secretary of Energy nominee former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm out of committee. The Committee voted 13 to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to confirm U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The Senate confirmed Secretary Mayorkas today by a vote of 56 to 43. “In the face of domestic terror and cybersecurity threats, the ongoing emergency response to the Covid-19...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in a hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee to consider the nomination of Kathleen Hicks to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. VIDEO: Heinrich Questions Deputy Defense Secretary Nominee In Confirmation Hearing [HD DOWNLOAD LINK HERE] In the hearing, Senator Heinrich...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is encouraged by a U.S. Air Force Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that identifies the expansion of the Talon Military Operations Area (MOA) and the overlying Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace as the preferred alternative to enlarge Holloman Air Force Base’s F-16 fighter...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced a resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the imminent and pervasive threat of domestic terrorism, violent white supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-government militias, and dangerous, fringe conspiracy theories to...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced his new committee assignments for the 117th Congress. Senator Heinrich will serve on the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and will take over as Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. This also will be Senator Heinrich's fifth Congress serving on the U.S....