press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the Springer Electric Cooperative Inc. will receive more than $14 million in guaranteed loans to improve the delivery of electric power to rural New Mexico communities.  The Springer Electric Cooperative Inc. will receive $14,117,000 to build a photovoltaic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Permit Processing Improvement Act, a bill to help keep the Farmington and Carlsbad BLM offices fully staffed and reduce the backlog in oil and gas...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., looks at the marker for the Aztec Ruins Monument Trail on Friday. Heinrich was in San Juan County to discuss education, job training and economic development. (Alexa Rogals/ The Daily Times) FARMINGTON — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the Farmington Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management on Friday...

FARMINGTON, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Farmington on Friday, August 29, to discuss education, job training, and economic development. Senator Heinrich will begin the day at WESST Enterprise Center to receive a briefing and tour the San Juan College Enterprise Center business incubator. WESST is a statewide small...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On August 27, 2014, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered the keynote address at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce's Congressional Delegation Luncheon Series. His speech focused on high-quality education and job training opportunities being key components to building a more prosperous New Mexico and becoming...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will promote education and job training in Albuquerque this week.    On Wednesay, August 27, Senator Heinrich will deliver a keynote address at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce's Congressional Delegation Luncheon Series. The Senator's speech will focus on high-quality...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to Santa Fe, Eddy, and Lea Counties Monday, August 11 and Tuesday, August 12. On Monday, August 11, 2014 Senator Heinrich will deliver opening remarks at a public meeting in Santa Fe with Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Department of the...

CARLSBAD, N.M. - On Monday, August 11, and Tuesday, August 12, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich will join U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz in a visit to Carlsbad, N.M., to discuss recovery efforts at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). On Monday evening, Udall, Heinrich and Moniz will attend a town hall meeting in Carlsbad to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced the Department of Labor has responded to their March request for an explanation detailing why the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) failed to conduct legally required regular safety inspections at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The senators asked for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) continued his effort to strengthen New Mexico's energy economy by improving the process of energy production permits on federal public land. The committee, of which Senator Heinrich is a member, considered two...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to advance the nomination of Norman C. Bay to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner nominee Estevan López.  Both of the president's nominees...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Climate Action Task Force, released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new plan to limit carbon dioxide pollution across the country for existing power plants. The proposal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed a key development in reaching common ground on the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project in New Mexico. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Chuck Hagel sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announcing DoD's approval for the Bureau of Land...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined former senator Pete Domenici in introducing New Mexico native and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chair nominee Norman C. Bay before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. "I had the pleasure of meeting in my office with Mr. Bay and believe he...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement today after a group of Senate Republicans voted to block the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to create jobs, reduce pollution, and make our country...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that they have sent a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, asking for a written report on why the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) had not done legally required regular inspections at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that within the next two weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will deploy mobile environmental monitoring units to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M. In a Feb. 27 letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, the senators had asked the EPA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich issued the following statement on the release of the U.S. Department of Energy's accident investigation report for the underground mine fire involving a salt haul truck at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico. "The findings of the accident investigation board...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Immediately following votes tonight Monday, March 10 until approximately 9 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 11, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will join Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force on the Senate floor to urge action on climate change.  A significant number of Senators are expected to participate...