press releases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement that it has awarded $3,536,789 from the Infrastructure Law’s Renew America’s Nonprofits Program to...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator 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.) welcomed the announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $191,000...

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, is pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately rectify mounting delays with the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)...

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...

ALBUQUERQUE — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, delivered video remarks to the attendees of the 50th Annual New Mexico Statewide WIC Conference, hosted in Albuquerque.   VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich addresses the New...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately act to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA). This legislation would reauthorize and strengthen the RECA program which was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, announced that he is cosponsoring the Kids Online Safety Act, bipartisan legislation to provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online, hold Big Tech accountable, and provide transparency into black box...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and 9 colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the administration to renew its efforts to increase cervical cancer screening rates.  Data from the National Cancer Institute...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement applauding the inclusion of the FEND Off Fentanyl Act in the bipartisan National Security Supplemental that the Senate passed on Tuesday morning. A cosponsor of the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, Heinrich is leading efforts in the Senate to tackle the opioid epidemic and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, along with Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Angus King (I-Vt.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), led a letter to the Food and Drug...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) wrote to U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, urging his support for the highest possible funding for Tribal housing programs, including those authorized in...

FACT SHEET: HOW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS LOWERING RX COSTS FOR NEW MEXICANS  WASHINGTON – With more than 450,000 people in New Mexico on Medicare, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is announcing that, for the first time ever, there will be a cap on total out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for New Mexico seniors. On January 1, 2024, the...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined legislation led by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to ease the burden of child care costs on working families by making permanent tax cuts that...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced the Enhancing First Response Act, which would make important updates to our 9-1-1 emergency reporting system to ensure Americans can reach help when they dial 9-1-1 during natural disasters. The legislation...

WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published by the Las Cruces Bulletin, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, details his years-long work to fully fund the operations of the Southwest Border Regional Commission.

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wrote a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to adopt measures to protect children and endangered species from rodenticide...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to prevent another infant formula shortage. In a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiations beginning in 2026. This action was made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation Heinrich helped to negotiate and pass into...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to conduct Tribal...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s FY24 supplemental funding request that includes substantial investments in New Mexicans’ health and safety by strengthening border security, repairing and expediting the nation’s immigration process, and combatting the flow of...