press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiations beginning in 2026. This action was made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation Heinrich helped to negotiate and pass into...

CORONA, N.M. – This Friday, September 1, at 9:30 a.m. MT, in Corona, N.M., U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be joined by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Senior Advisor to the President John Podesta to commemorate the groundbreaking of Sunzia Southwest Transmission Project, two planned 500-kilovolt transmission lines located...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after FEMA published the final regulations for the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act:  “The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. It displaced thousands of New Mexicans for weeks and months on end. And in an instant,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, announced a total of $2,198,052 in grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program to the Rio Rancho Public School District. The Emergency Connectivity Fund...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are announcing $1,050,000 in federal funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve New Mexicans’ access to quality, affordable...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced a new, bipartisan bill to streamline the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s (NRCS) process for updating and adopting conservation practice standards that help farmers and ranchers improve soil health, build...

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomed USDA Under Secretary Jenny Lester Moffitt to the South Valley Economic Development Center to highlight the Nourish New Mexico program “As the Chair of...

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, delivered a speech to the Albuquerque Economic Forum laying out his vision for an asset-based economic development approach to grow New Mexico’s economy and grow its middle class. “New Mexico competes best when we compete as ourselves,”...

CLOVIS, N.M. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) convened a meeting with leaders of the U.S. Air Force, including Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Air Force Special Operations Command Commander Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, and Cannon Air Force Base Leadership, to discuss investments and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $9,256,350 in funding from the Infrastructure Law for New Mexico-based Sacred Wind Communications to expand reliable, affordable, high-speed internet for...

CLOVIS, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the next portion of the Eastern N.M. Rural Water System. PHOTO: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich...

CLOVIS, N.M. – In a visit with administration officials and academic leadership at Clovis Community College, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted his work in Congress to secure $1 million in Congressionally Directed Spending to expand the College’s Allied Health Program to include more in-demand health professions that will help...

LAS CRUCES, N.M.– In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours in Doña Ana County at 10:00 a.m. MT on Friday, August 25.   Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $500,000 in federal funding for Multifamily Housing and Congregate Housing Services programs in New Mexico from the U.S. Department of Housing and...

ALBUQUERQUE – On Wednesday, August 23, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver a keynote speech at the Economic Forum of Albuquerque to discuss his work to grow New Mexico’s economy through recent unprecedented state and federal investments in infrastructure, education, and the environment, host USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture for...

FORT SUMNER & CLOVIS – On Monday, August 21 and Tuesday, August 22, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will highlight resilient and climate smart farming practices at a local farm near Fort Sumner, discuss the role of his legislation in expanding career technical programs at Clovis Community College, participate in a groundbreaking ceremony...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to conduct Tribal...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Justice disbursing over $5 million of federal resources the lawmakers secured to support law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and courts, survivor services, community safety,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s FY24 supplemental funding request that includes substantial investments in New Mexicans’ health and safety by strengthening border security, repairing and expediting the nation’s immigration process, and combatting the flow of...

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the Commission to enforce its existing regulations regarding consent for receiving telemarketing calls (robocalls). This letter was signed by U.S. Senators Chris Van...