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WASHINGTON – Today, a group of 11 Democratic senators are reiterating their call for President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization to disclose any financial ties between the Trump Organization and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following a Washington Post report that lobbyists representing the Saudi government paid for 500...

Washington, D.C. –Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., introduced legislation today requiring a public report on the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following Donald Trump’s announcement that his administration will not respond to Khashoggi’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Thomas McCaffery to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Mr. McCaffery on improving delivery of care for TRICARE West which serves military retirees, service members, and military...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today asked whether U.S. intelligence supports Donald Trump’s claims that China interfered in the 2016 election. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Saudi Arabian government’s admission that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement: "The United States must send a strong signal to the world that there will be consequences for the abduction,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), introduced legislation to prohibit the United States...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. After Russia's unprecedented attack on...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate in voting 85-7 to pass the fiscal year 2019 Defense appropriations bill, which provides critical funding to benefit New Mexico’s economy and national security priorities. The bill includes support for New Mexico’s...

WASHINGTON – In an effort to shield New Mexico’s 12,000 active-duty military members and their families from abusive financial practices, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate in urging the Trump Administration not to abandon its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned third-party social media experts in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. Testimony and the archived webcast of today's hearing will be available here.

Senator Heinrich, Democrat from New Mexico and a member of the Intelligence Committee, gives insight into Russian hacking and admits he and his family have been targeted: “In today’s world that kind of activity, especially spear-fishing, happens all the time," adding, “You certainly can’t be shocked" if the hackers were...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today after Facebook announced that it removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram that showed connections to and activity consistent with previous Russian disinformation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. The Committee will hear testimony from third-party social media experts. The hearing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is honoring the courage and dedication of the men and women of the U.S. intelligence community by introducing a bipartisan resolution designating today, July 26, 2018 as “United States Intelligence Professionals Day.” A...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today voted for a resolution affirming Congress’ opposition to making U.S. diplomats, officials, and members of the Armed Forces available for questioning by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The resolution comes after President Trump expressed an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today on President Trump’s meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki: “In a shocking display of submissiveness, President Trump stood next to Vladimir Putin and made it clear that his allegiance is not with the American...

Some of the country’s most sensitive nuclear security functions are performed in outdated, run-down buildings on Kirtland Air Force Base. It’s a problem New Mexico’s elected officials and federal government administrators say they are now addressing with a massive new facility. The National Nuclear Security Administration on...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Monday, July 2 at 9:30 a.m., U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Albuquerque Complex Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The project will provide a modern, safe, and secure...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich voted to advance the Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019. This legislation, which unanimously passed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday, authorizes funding for key intelligence priorities, including programs to address threats...