press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 24 of their Senate colleagues urged President Trump to use existing legal authority to help address the widespread reports of shortages of medical supplies, as a result of the COVID-19 emergency. In...

WASHINGTON (March 17, 2020) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small are encouraging small businesses and non-profits needing assistance to consider applying for federal disaster loan assistance after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued...

WASHINGTON – In the wake of unprecedented economic impacts in New Mexico stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Congressional Delegation issued the following statement commending utilities and co-ops throughout New Mexico for temporarily halting nonpayment disconnects and late fees and calling on all banks in the state to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) 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 (D-N.M.) requested the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership release the state of New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after phone calls with Vice President Mike Pence and the U.S. Commissioner of Food and Drugs Dr. Stephen Hahn yesterday. Senator Heinrich pushed the Trump administration to expand the availability for COVID-19 testing in New Mexico. “Vice President Pence...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced that for the health and safety of both staff and visitors and to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, his New Mexico-based offices will be operating with minimized on-site staff, with the remainder of staff working remotely. This will go into effect immediately. Senator...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and a number of their Democratic Senate colleagues to introduce the Free COVID-19 Testing Act, which would expand free tests to confirm coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. The Free COVID-19 Testing Act would waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 diagnostic...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) 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 (D-N.M.) announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to distribute more than $6 million to New...

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced that out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of both staff and visitors, his Washington, D.C. office will be operating with minimized on-site staff, with the remainder of staff working remotely. The New Mexico offices remain fully staffed. Senator Heinrich...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today sent a letter with Senate Democrats to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, requesting that the USDA proactively work with all state agencies to ensure the availability of waivers that provide flexibilities for Child Nutrition Programs in the event of school...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich responded to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s announcement that three individuals in New Mexico have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “The health of all New Mexico communities is our top priority in Congress....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico is supporting legislation that would require employers to provide paid sick days immediately to workers to address the coronavirus crisis, and in preparation for future public health emergencies. The bill would require all employers to allow workers to accrue seven days of paid...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is supporting new, emergency paid sick leave legislation to provide paid sick days immediately to workers in light of the coronavirus crisis, and in preparation for future public health emergencies. This emergency paid sick days legislation requires all employers to allow workers to accrue...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted in favor of a $8.3 billion bipartisan, bicameral, coronavirus emergency supplemental Appropriations bill to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The funds...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is providing New Mexicans with critical resources and raising awareness about the health threat posed by COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. Today, Heinrich launched a Coronavirus Resource Center on his website to provide information about the virus and tools to help New Mexicans stay...