press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the inclusion of the FEND Off Fentanyl Act in the Senate’s annual defense bill. Senator Heinrich is a co-sponsor of the FEND Off Fentanyl Act and has been fighting for measures to tackle the opioid epidemic through this and other efforts. The Senate voted...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for heeding their call to provide more comprehensive coverage for amyloid PET scans, a critical tool in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced legislation he cosponsored during the month of June to reaffirm his commitment to equal rights by strengthening protections for the LGBTQ+ community in New Mexico and across the country.  “LGBTQ+ Americans deserve to live openly and freely as their authentic selves....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced $675,372,311 in funding to expand high-speed internet access in New Mexico. The investment comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Heinrich helped negotiate and pass into law.  “Expanding access to high-speed internet improves the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped access to abortion care for millions of Americans and denied women the freedom...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) in announcing the reintroduction of the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would protect and strengthen the right to contraception. Preserving the right to...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in commemoration of Pride Month: VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Statement on Pride Month “New Mexico has led the way in providing legal protections and affirming care and support to our LGBTQ community. I am proud of what we have done...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring the Protecting Service Members and Military Families’ Access to Health Care Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to codify the Department of Defense’s (DOD) February 16, 2023 policy to ensure service members and their families can...

WASHINGTON - During Brain Cancer Awareness Month, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is joining Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) in introducing the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0. This legislation would provide a new source of funding for the National Institutes of Health’s...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $2 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The $2,229,543 will support cancer treatment, drug abuse and addiction research, and improvements...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bicameral letter, led by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-Ga.-07) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-02), of over nearly 90 Congressional colleagues urging the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to implement federal...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and 22 of their colleagues to introduce legislation to boost Medicare negotiation of drug prices to lower prescription drug costs for consumers. The Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act would...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the Food and Drug Administration, released the following statement on the Texas and Washington federal court decisions impacting the FDA’s approval of mifepristone: “Today a federal judge in Texas made an...

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 and 12, 2023, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will celebrate newly reintroduced legislation, a recent federal grant to the Silver Consolidated Schools, and the work being done with previously secured federal funding at Western New Mexico University.   On Tuesday, April...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 35 senators in a letter led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service members...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the bipartisan Colorectal Cancer Detection Act, legislation to increase access to colorectal cancer screenings. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the United States, and is the second...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus and the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the United States Senate, joined Senate Co-Chairs Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Vice Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), and House of Representatives Co-Chairs Garret Graves...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico is one of 15 states to secure $1 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). New Mexico will use the one-year planning grant for consideration to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase access to mental health care services for older Americans by ensuring Medicare beneficiaries have access to clinical psychologists across all settings of care. This...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair-Designate of the Joint Economic Committee, joined 15 Senate Committee Chairs and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that the federal government utilize a “whole-of-government” approach to address our nation’s...