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The push to elevate a vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in New Mexico to national park status was renewed Tuesday as members of the state’s congressional delegation reintroduced legislation aimed at boosting the profile of the already popular tourist destination. “Like no place on earth” is how the National Park Service...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2019) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, spoke on the Senate Floor in advance of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's political stunt vote on the Green New Deal.  VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Slams Sham Green New Deal Vote, Calls For...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) introduced the White Sands National Park Establishment Act, a bill to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico's newest national park. “Everyone who visits White Sands marvels at its...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is planning to introduce legislation soon to convert two national monuments in his state to national parks. Heinrich, along with several local officials and tribal leaders, announced Wednesday that he will file a bill that would create Bandelier National Park and Preserve in northern New Mexico. The legislation would...

Out on the patio behind the Bandelier National Monument Visitors Center Wednesday, against the stunning backdrop of Frijoles Canyon, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) said it’s time to do more for the oldest national monument in the country. Heinrich said he would introduce legislation to make Bandelier National Monument a national park....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will present Vietnam veteran and State Representative Eliseo Lee Alcon with medals he earned for his military service, and will attend a public lands celebration in Albuquerque.  At 2 p.m., Senator Heinrich will present Vietnam veteran and State...

SANTA FE, N.M. –Today, alongside tribal leaders, wildlife advocates, and northern New Mexico elected officials, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced his plans to introduce legislation establishing Bandelier National Park and Preserve. (U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich...

SANTA FE, N.M. – On Wednesday, March 20, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in northern New Mexico to announce legislation to establish Bandelier National Monument as a national park and host an opioid grants workshop in Española aimed at combating substance use disorders. At 9:45 a.m., Senator...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, a sweeping bipartisan public lands package that includes several New Mexico conservation priorities championed by Udall and Heinrich, including landmark legislation to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced that their bipartisan legislation, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, was signed into law as part of the broader John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act....

A toxic class of chemicals continues to get attention on Capitol Hill this week, with lawmakers from New Mexico introducing bicameral bills to help contaminated communities. Democratic Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich along with Rep. Ben Ray Luján introduced companion legislation to authorize the Defense Department to use funds to provide...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 28, 2019) -Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler as the new EPA Administrator: “Americans need a leader at the EPA who will take action on climate change and work to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, joined a group of 14 senators in calling on President Trump to abandon plans to form an internal group within the White House with the task of refuting the clear scientific consensus about the growing threat climate change poses to our...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to hold a full day of floor debate on climate change. “We respectfully request you and your Republican colleagues join us for a full day of floor debate on the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act to withdraw four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma, from any mineral development, including...

Washington, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the Fiscal Year 2019 spending package passed by Congress on February 14 includes funding for long-term water quality monitoring of the Animas River in response to the Gold King Mine Spill. “When an EPA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14, 2019) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to protect and reaffirm the importance of America’s public lands, including national parks and monuments, wildlife refuges, and national forests. The America’s Public Land Act would...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall, ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jeff...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that they have secured a provision in the public lands package that passed the Senate today to permanently reauthorize the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program, a collaborative program that...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich voted to pass the Natural Resources Management Act, a historic bipartisan public lands package that includes several New Mexico conservation priorities championed by Udall and Heinrich, including landmark legislation to permanently authorize the Land and Water...