press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming $45 million in federal investments from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop an approximately six-mile, four-lane highway connecting the Santa Teresa Port of Entry with State Road 273 in Sunland Park. “For years,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced a $6.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to North Central New Mexico Economic Development District in Santa Fe. This funding will create the Northern New Mexico Workforce Integration...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is welcoming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Juan Eduardo Sanchez to be the Federal Co-Chairman of the Southwest Border Regional Commission. The Commission is one of seven authorized federal regional commissions and authorities, which are congressionally-chartered, federal-state...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations package that includes over $250 million in investments they are fighting to deliver for 130 local projects across New Mexico. The Senate Appropriations Committee released a nearly $1.7 trillion fiscal...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $678,128 in American Rescue Plan funding to Santa Fe County to boost tourism by helping to complete the 15-mile Santa Fe Rail Trail.    “When we invest in New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of 30 senators in a letter urging U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to fully fund the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered remarks at the kickoff meeting for the conference committee of Senate and House members to finalize legislation boosting America’s economic competitiveness and address supply chain issues. WATCH: Heinrich Delivers Remarks At Kickoff Meeting For Conference Committee On...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Albuquerque Crossroads for Women to discuss how $1 million he secured in new federal funding will go straight to housing, support, and resources to help women that have been incarcerated rebuild their lives. Senator Heinrich secured $1 million in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will engage in on-the-ground discussions in Albuquerque and Las Vegas to advance priorities for New Mexicans. At 11 a.m. MT, Senator Heinrich will attend the open house for the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after being selected to serve on a conference committee of Senate and House members to finalize legislation boosting America’s economic competitiveness and address supply chain issues:  "We are in a global race that America needs to win. This bill can...

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. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced funding they secured for local projects across New Mexico in the historic bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for Fiscal Year 2022. Together, Senator Heinrich, a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Senator Luján...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) passed historic funding for New Mexico in the historic bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for Fiscal Year 2022. The legislation passed the U.S. House of...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 17, 2022) – 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 a $1.2 million American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to the Keshet Dance Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to renovate the Keshet Ideas and Innovation...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 7, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released a New Mexico guide to the formula and competitive funding opportunities provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021, this once-in-a-generation investment will deliver at least...

WASHINGTON ­– U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham applauded the final passage of the American Rescue Plan to provide critical relief for New Mexico families, workers...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) voted for the American Rescue Plan Act, a comprehensive $1.9 trillion package that will provide economic relief and critical resources to New Mexicans, Tribal communities, public health and education systems, and state and local governments. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) is fighting to support New Mexico restaurants by cosponsoring the Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (RESTAURANTS) Act of 2021. “New Mexico’s restaurant industry has been dealt too many unfair hands throughout the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the Senate and a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today unveiled legislation to expand national service programs to help address the historic COVID-19 joblessness crisis by establishing a 21st Century Conservation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are announcing $2.24 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants that will be dispersed to northwest New Mexico. These investments from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic...