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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis entitled, “Understanding and Combating the Security Risks of Climate Change.” VIDEO: Heinrich Questions Witnesses On the National Security Risks of Climate Change [DOWNLOAD HD LINK HERE] Senator...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that they are circulating draft legislation to protect the Gila River by designating portions of the river and its watershed as Wild and Scenic. The lawmakers are seeking public comments and stakeholder input on the draft legislation. The...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered remarks at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Tribal Nations Policy Summit. NCAI’s annual summit brings together tribal leaders and Members of Congress to discuss Indian Country’s most important issues. PHOTOS: Heinrich delivers remarks at the...

WASHINGTON – At 8 a.m. MT/10 a.m. ET, on Thursday, February 13 on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis entitled, “Understanding and Combating the Security Risks of Climate Change.” The committee will hear from experts on how the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $15 million in federal funding for a water pipeline in eastern New Mexico, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Thursday. The fiscal 2020 funding for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project represents an increase of $11.7 million in previous years. “Tripling the...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2020) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), and Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) are announcing $15 million in federal funding for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. The funding for the project, headed by the...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 3, 2020) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, along with 15 Senate colleagues sent a letter to 11 of the largest U.S. banks asking them to update their environmental and climate policies to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in pressing Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater and Freddie Mac CEO David Brickman for information on the steps that each of the GSEs are taking to...

SANTA FE – Cerro de la Olla could become New Mexico’s next wilderness area. Last week, U.S. senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall of New Mexico introduced legislation that would establish 13,103 acres within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico as a wilderness area. The area offers solitude and stunning...

Several lawmakers are pressuring the Defense Department to allocate money for cleanup of military bases in districts with high levels of contamination in their drinking water. Democrats in particular have tried to pass legislation to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances to initiate federal cleanups, but a...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2020) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico. For hundreds of years,...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the acquisition of the Sulphur Springs property into the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The property contains unique volcanic features such as steaming mud-pots, volcanic fumaroles, and sulphuric-acid hot springs that are rarely found across...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requesting that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) release a plan for next steps to ensure New Mexican...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate passage of H.R. 925, America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, to reauthorize or establish several critical wildlife conservation programs and address the threats of emerging wildlife diseases and invasive species. The bipartisan legislation includes a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), are lauding a grant award of $750,000 to the City of Las Cruces to renovate Apodaca Park. The funding was made available through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) that the lawmakers helped...

LAS CRUCES - Apodaca Park will receive a $750,000 grant from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund via the National Park Service, which the city of Las Cruces had sought since 2018.  The award was announced Thursday by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall along with U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, all D-NM. The Las Cruces City...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Tomorrow, Saturday, December 21, from 2-4 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), will hold an event in Alamogordo to celebrate the final passage of legislation he introduced to designate White Sands National Park. Heinrich will share his appreciation for the strong community support for the creation of a new...

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Xochitl Torres Small...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Wednesday, December 18 at 2:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) will hold a press teleconference to discuss the redesignation of White Sands to a national park. The provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 17, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) hailed the final passage of legislation they introduced to designate White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico. The provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which...