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TAOS, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted a discussion with representatives from the Taos Community Against Violence to highlight the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.  PHOTOS: Heinrich Joins Local Taos Leaders To Discuss VAWA Reauthorization Senator Heinrich supported a bipartisan reauthorization of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: “It is an honor to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as the next Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Jackson received...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, following Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement at the end of this term. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Judge Jackson last week and is expected...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) recognized Equal Pay Day and called on the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to improve transparency and accountability measures for employers and protect women from retaliation if they challenge...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement welcoming the announcement that a bipartisan reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) through 2027 will be included in the Omnibus Appropriations Agreement that Congress is expected to take up this week: “Nearly 30 years ago, the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after President Biden announced his nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, following Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement at the end of this term: "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is extremely qualified, with a...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 8, 2022) – Today during a full Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on pending nominations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), requested an update on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) investigation into the recent vandalism attack on sacred petroglyphs at La Cieneguilla near Santa Fe. WATCH:...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the deadly shootings that killed eight people overnight in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area: “Last night’s deadly assault against six Asian women in Georgia have left the families and friends of the victims and Asian American communities across...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced S.1., the For the People Act—a sweeping package of comprehensive reforms that addresses voter intimidation and suppression, fights campaign corruption, and ends gerrymandering. This is companion legislation to H.R. 1, which was passed...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the Puerto Rico Admission Act, legislation to outline a clear process to enable Puerto Rico’s admission into the Union. This legislation is the Senate-companion to legislation introduced in the...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is announcing legislation to outline a clear process to enable Puerto Rico’s admission into the Union. Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico) and U.S. Representative Darren Soto (D-Fla.) are introducing the House-companion bill. VIDEO: Heinrich Announces...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 32 senators in pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on persistent mail delays and what action he is taking to restore on-time mail delivery. Operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ordered by Postmaster DeJoy last summer resulted in compromised service...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to convict former President Donald Trump on the high crime of inciting an insurrection. The Senate voted 57-43 on the Article of Impeachment. "What happened on January 6, 2021, was not a spontaneous event. This violent and bloody attack on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced the bipartisan Southern Border Communities Reimbursement Act of 2021, legislation to authorize funding through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to reimburse localities and non-governmental organizations...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced a resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the imminent and pervasive threat of domestic terrorism, violent white supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-government militias, and dangerous, fringe conspiracy theories to...

Congress voted again to impeach President Trump, and law enforcement is preparing for potential violence at state capitals around the U.S. as we count down to Inauguration Day on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Martin Heinrich is now the senior senator for New Mexico, and he was one of the first lawmakers to see the mob make their way to the Capitol steps....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commending President Joe Biden’s proposed U.S. Citizenship Act and day one executive actions that reverse many of former President Donald Trump’s most harmful anti-immigrant policies: “As the son of an immigrant, I know firsthand the promise...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 18. “It would be all too easy to let the violent attacks and dangerous threats against our democracy dominate all of our thoughts. On this Martin Luther King Day, however, I...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 13 Democratic senators are calling for the Department of Defense to investigate and address white supremacy and extremist ideology in the ranks of the military following the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week. Several of the...

Martin Heinrich is among 14 U.S. senators calling for an investigation into white supremacy in the military after rioters, including one waving a Confederate flag, ransacked the U.S. Capitol last week. A number of military veterans and service members took part in the Jan. 6 insurrection, creating concern they were recruited by violent extremists,...