press releases

As the national economy shows signs of real improvement, New Mexico's recovery has been challenging and slow. Working families want to know when we will see more jobs, higher salaries and access to quality education at every level. The state Legislature has an opportunity to put New Mexico in a position to provide that economic security and rebuild...

As the national economy shows signs of real improvement, New Mexico’s recovery has been challenging and slow. Working families want to know when we will see more jobs, higher salaries and access to quality education at every level. The state Legislature has an opportunity to put New Mexico in a position to provide that economic security and...

New Mexico has a long history of military service and maintaining our national security. Our state is home to several major military installations – White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base, Fort Bliss, Cannon Air Force Base and Kirtland Air Force Base – and two national laboratories as well as the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham, along with the University of New Mexico, announced that the Department of Defense has selected a team that includes UNM as a finalist for the administration's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015. Access to public lands is the number one issue for America's sportsmen and women. The Sportsmen's Act includes a broad array of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. >> U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-NM, and Martin Heinrich, D-NM, issued a joint press release Wednesday in which they strongly support President Obama's 2016 budget request to invest $85,645,000 to construct a new replacement Port of Entry in Columbus, N.M. The construction project includes a new main building, commercial...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) strongly support President Obama's 2016 budget request to invest $85,645,000 to construct a new replacement Port of Entry in Columbus, N.M. The construction project includes a new main building, commercial and noncommercial inspection facilities, pedestrian crossing,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored S. 326, the Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act, to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. The bill would make it easier for federal land managers and businesses to partner on long-term, large-scale forest treatment. "Stewardship contracting is one of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today on President Obama's Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal: "Recognizing that our nation's deficit has been cut by two-thirds since 2009, the president's budget proposal acknowledges that it's time to propel our economic recovery forward by investing in our...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 26 senators in supporting updating overtime rules to ensure more middle-class workers are paid fairly for overtime hours. In a letter to President Obama, the senators urged the administration to increase the income threshold to $56,680 per year to strengthen overtime...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement today after voting against legislation to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline: “Tar sands are not the right choice to meet our future energy needs. Instead of focusing on the past, which...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) delivered an opening statement before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today during a hearing on a bill he introduced with U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to improve the process for reviewing permits to export U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our allies and create...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A long-stalled New Mexico energy project has finally gotten the green light from the feds. It’s a power transmission line backers believe will bring thousands of jobs to the state. The Obama administration is calling the $2 billion transmission line a win for the state’s economy and the...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, and U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján.  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Katherine Hammack,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, delivered a speech on the Senate floor today in opposition to legislation to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.  "I would argue that the sooner we commit ourselves to a clean energy, job-incentive future, the sooner we...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), released the following statement tonight after President Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress: "Tonight, the president laid out a clear vision to increase opportunities for all Americans and strengthen our middle class. While our nation's economy is progressing,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after President Obama announced a plan to expand paid sick and family leave for working families. In New Mexico, there are an estimated 270,000 workers currently without paid sick leave. "The fact that we are the only developed country in the world that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted against advancing legislation to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline during a markup in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senator Heinrich, who is also a member of the Climate Action Task Force, is a lead proponent of reversing the effects of climate change and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring net neutrality legislation that would help prevent the creation of a two-tiered Internet system by requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ban so-called "paid prioritization" agreements between a broadband provider and a content provider.  Introduction of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the president has signed legislation providing $324 million for recovery and operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M. Earlier this year, Udall, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Heinrich had requested the funding to...