press releases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are original cosponsors of legislation to expand access to home and community-based services for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, while increasing pay and improving benefits for the caregivers who provide this life-sustaining...

SANTA FE, 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 next week in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Rio Arriba Counties on Monday, January 30, and in Taos and Colfax Counties on Tuesday, January 31.   Staff will be on hand to assist...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision: “Last year, six radical-conservative Supreme Court Justices overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping millions of women of their right to abortion. Today, on what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe, we...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, joined local leaders to highlight the benefits of electrification during the first-ever “PowerUP Las Cruces Expo and Training.” PHOTOS: Highlight Cost-Saving, Job-Creating Benefits Of Electrification In Southern New...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) met with students and leaders from Hatch Valley Public Schools on Thursday to discuss how direct federal investments are opening the door for more students to house and care for livestock and strengthening the pathway to careers in animal...

New hires for an organization. Helping Native American artisans get their work on e-commerce sites. Those are just some of the areas in which small businesses organizations are planning to use federal money they received through the Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for fiscal year 2023. At a Wednesday press conference, Sen. Martin Heinrich...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Friday, January 20, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the founder and co-chair of the bicameral Electrification Caucus, will be in Las Cruces to highlight how electrifying America’s future will lower costs for households, create new jobs, and improve air quality.   At 10 a.m. MT, Senator Heinrich,...

After touring a future medical sobering center in Albuquerque, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., recalled a relative who was in need of such a place when he relapsed and died in jail 15 years ago. “They had been sober for many years, and unfortunately, (he) was picked up and put into a local county detention center and died of their...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Thursday, January 19, at 12 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) will meet with students and leaders from Hatch Valley Public Schools to discuss how direct federal investments are opening the door for more students to house and care for livestock. Senator...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) joined Tribal leaders to celebrate the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act becoming law.   PHOTOS: Heinrich, Leger Fernández,...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) met with City of Albuquerque officials to discuss how over $4.2 million in direct federal investments that they secured is developing the Gateway Center at Gibson Health Hub, the first medical sobering center in New...

SANTA FE, N.M. – During a visit to Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted a federal investment of $57,298,683 he helped secure for the school through the Infrastructure Law. This funding will create more opportunities for Tribal students by connecting them to high-speed internet. The...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Congressional leaders in New Mexico are celebrating the passage of the STOP Act, prohibiting the export of sacred Native American items. The theft of a centuries-old Native American shield, stolen decades ago from the Acoma tribe, inspired the new federal law. “The shield, one of several stolen, was used...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18, at 10 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) will join Tribal leaders to celebrate the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act becoming law. The STOP Act prohibits the exporting of sacred...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 16: “Six decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and looked out upon the crowd gathered for the March on Washington. In his iconic...

SANTA FE, N.M. – On Tuesday, January 17, at 1 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will visit Santa Fe Indian School to highlight how Infrastructure Law funding is creating more opportunities for Tribal students by connecting them to high-speed internet.  Senator Heinrich will also discuss how the bipartisan Tribal...

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.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming the Biden administration establishing an Orphaned Wells Program Office to ensure effective, accountable, and efficient...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, announced $59,610,471 to the Alamogordo School District to continue the construction of new Holloman Elementary and Middle Schools located on Holloman Air Force Base (AFB). Once completed, up to 600 students will be supported at Holloman...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso, Texas, where the president will discuss new border enforcement actions by the administration: "Immigration and border security are not abstract policy issues for us in New Mexico. They are our realities. "We...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s congressional delegation says the U.S. government should make changes to rules proposed for processing damage claims stemming from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. The delegation sent a letter to FEMA on Thursday as the federal agency prepares to wrap up public comment on the rules. The...