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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement tonight after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Senator Heinrich's special guest this evening was Carielle Bahe, a junior at the University of New Mexico studying Secondary Education who grew up in...

The U.S. Congress voted on Friday to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil in an energy policy shift sought by Republicans as part of a bipartisan deal that also provided unprecedented tax incentives for wind and solar power. The Senate, on a 65-33 vote, approved lifting the ban and providing five-year extensions of tax breaks to...

CARLSBAD -- Among many policies and provisions in the 2016 spending "Omnibus" bill in Congress is a policy that would lift the ban on exporting oil, according to a news release and national reports. Lifting the ban on exporting oil would repeal restrictions on exports of products such as coal, petroleum products and natural gas. This would...

WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation that would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to search public social media profiles of any foreigner seeking a U.S. visa. “Reviewing the public social media posts of an individual seeking a U.S. visa is just common...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in a forum on the future of energy delivery entitled Energy Across America: A Policy Discussion on Microgrid Technology hosted by The Hill. During the forum, Heinrich highlighted on the importance of energy storage, modernizing our electric grid, and the clean energy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich congratulated two New Mexico businesses on receiving $6.2 million to jump-start innovative energy projects. Pajarito Powder, based in Albuquerque, is receiving $2,790,000 to develop a cost-effective regenerative hydrogen electrode for fuel-cell vehicles. Tibbar Technologies...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich praised passage of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act to modernize commercial space regulations and encourage competitiveness in the industry. Udall and Heinrich are longtime champions of modernizing U.S. policies governing commercial spaceflight. The bill, which...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 6, 2015) - U.S. Sentor Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after President Obama announced the United States will reject the Keystone Pipeline: "Approving this foreign tar sands project would have meant doubling down on one of the world's dirtiest energy sources. The President made the right call....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a forum last night hosted by The Atlantic on the future of energy in America. Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons moderated the conversation at The Watergate in Washington, D.C. with Senator Heinrich, Siemens...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, November 3, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will be a guest speaker at an event hosted by The Atlantic. The event is part of a series called "Atlantic Exchanges" that offer insights and perspectives from leading voices of energy,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after voting to approve S.754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 74 to 21. The House of...

One of my earliest memories is visiting my father in the hospital after a high-voltage accident caused him to fall from an electrical transmission pole. That fall never dampened his enthusiasm for his work as a utility lineman, climbing up power poles in the middle of lightning storms to restore electricity after outages. My father’s days as...

On Aug. 12, Santa Fe Community College hosted the 2015 Santa Fe Energy Summit. Federal, state, tribal and local public officials gathered to share ideas about the changing face of energy generation and New Mexico’s potentially pivotal role in determining the course of the United States’ energy future.  U.S. Department of Energy...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Las Cruces on Monday, August 10, to discuss Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education and health care technology initiatives at New Mexico State University (NMSU) and tour the campus' NASA Aerospace Education Lab. Senator Heinrich will also host an outreach...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that they have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on their work to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure in New Mexico as well as several Western states and Guam. Udall, Heinrich...

Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico is prepared to unveil legislation today that would allow residents tapping into communal solar projects to offset power from traditional power plants and more easily connect to the grid. Heinrich's bill, S. 1723, the "Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2015," would amend the Public...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today introduced the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act in an effort to reduce the federal government's energy consumption and save taxpayer dollars. The bipartisan legislation would require the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich strongly urged the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to take steps to minimize harm to federal employees in New Mexico and across the country who were affected by the recent data breach that resulted in the theft of millions of employees' personal information. In a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, June 29, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Albuquerque to highlight the clean energy economy, participate in the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Ribbon Cutting and Groundbreaking, and deliver a speech at the New Mexico Voices for Children Annual KIDS COUNT Conference. Senator Heinrich will start...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) says he grew up a "utility brat." He was raised on a cattle ranch in a small town in central Missouri, where his father, Peter, worked as a utility lineman on the side and his mother, Shirley, worked on a factory assembly line, inspecting wheels. Heinrich said at a Progressive Policy Institute event in Washington,...