press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, co-led the introduction of the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act. The legislation that will comprehensively address the ongoing threat posed by technology...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to rename the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic in honor of the late Medal of Honor recipient and World War II and Korean...

WASHINGTON – Amid heightened focus on airborne national security risks, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of senators are calling for full funding of the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) office, formally known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Senator Heinrich, a member of the Senate Select...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured major wins in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) that support New Mexico’s men and women in uniform, military installations, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and job-creating initiatives throughout the state. The Senate passed the NDAA today...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his nominees to the United States Service Academies. A nomination is required to attend the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; the U.S. Coast Guard Academy does not require a...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of senators are calling on Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin and White House officials to increase funding for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing and remediation, and to improve PFAS-related planning to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – At 7 p.m. MT on Thursday, September 8, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury, Yvette Herrell, and Teresa Leger Fernández will bring together representatives from U.S. Military Service Academies for a virtual Q&A session. The conversation is an...

WASHINGTON – Today, Chairman Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), announced the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations bill for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. The bill provides $317 billion in total funding for fiscal year 2023, including $152 billion in discretionary funding, $24.5 billion more than fiscal year...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of 80 senators in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch’s process to advance Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership and pledging to work with the Administration to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, is welcoming an announcement that the U.S. Space Force has awarded a $1.4 billion contract to Albuquerque-based company, BlueHalo, for enabling the modernization of satellite operations. “Throughout my years in both the House of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies opened a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Military Construction and Family Housing. VIDEO: Chair Heinrich Opens MilCon, VA Appropriations Subcommittee...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 18, at 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will Chair a hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Military Construction and Family Housing. WHAT: Heinrich to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Air Force that Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) has been selected as a candidate location for two components of U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and...

WASHINGTON – At the request of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the U.S. Air Force provided an updated plan to establish a new training mission for the AC-130J aircraft at Albuquerque’s Kirtland Air Force Base. The Air Force plans to initiate the Formal Training Unit relocation this year, which will result in aircraft and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden urging him to employ his existing executive authorities to advance the development and widespread adoption of clean energy and energy-efficient...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, participated in a virtual press conference hosted by Rewiring America to discuss addressing Russia’s unjustified war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s global energy price hike by accelerating our transition to clean...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of senators led by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a Senate resolution calling for Vladimir Putin and members of his regime to be held accountable for the numerous acts of war, aggression, and human rights abuses that have been conducted under his...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. “In light of Russia’s military invasion of...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 24, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement: "Despite months of American and European offers for diplomatic de-escalation, Russia has invaded Ukraine. This is an unjustified and unprovoked war started by a dangerous dictator.  "For...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 10, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the bipartisan members of the Senate Intelligence Committee in urging President Joe Biden to make sure that the United States is sharing as much intelligence as possible with Ukraine as the country faces a Russian military build-up on its border. “Vladimir Putin...