press releases

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.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are calling on the Biden administration to make an expedited preliminary determination on a recently filed solar tariff petition with the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is part of a bipartisan group of senators urging the Biden administration to establish a special pay rate for federal wildland firefighters to prevent staffing shortages as wildfires continue to spread in New Mexico and throughout the West. Due to an outdated policy, federal wildland...

Glorieta Adventure Camps, just outside Santa Fe, are usually full of kids biking in the mountains or swimming in the lake. But now, the scenic retreat is swarming with Red Cross volunteers, FEMA officials and hundreds of evacuees from the worst fire anyone here can remember. “This is unimaginable,” says Raymond Sanchez, having lunch in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Thursday, May 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. MT the staff of U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan’s (D-N.M.) will hold Mobile Office Hours at the Glorieta Conference Center to provide direct assistance to New Mexicans who have been impacted by...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for Military Construction, secured the approval of over $15 million for the Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base (ATB) on Kirtland Air Force Base to upgrade facilitates to allow the use of Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after debate was blocked on the Women’s Health Protection Act. This legislation would codify Roe v. Wade into law by establishing a statutory right for a provider to perform abortion services, and would prohibit laws that impose burdensome...

WASHINGTON – Today, on the 150th anniversary of President Ulysses S. Grant signing the General Mining Act of 1872 into law, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol calling for the modernization of this antiquated mining law. Grijalva,...

WASHINGTON – Today, during a key Appropriations hearing, U.S. Senator Martin (D-N.M.) requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to reduce cost-share requirements for disaster recovery programs and to send additional personnel and resources to New Mexico to help communities affected by wildfires access federal...

WASHINGTON – Today, Tuesday, May 10, at 2 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. MT at the House Triangle of the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)will join U.S. Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) for an in-person press conference to discuss newly introduced legislation to reform the nation’s...

WASHINGTON – During a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) brought to the attention of the full committee how a recently filed solar tariff petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce would severely harm New Mexico’s solar industry and the workers that support...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) staff will hold a series of in-person Mobile Office Hours in Peñasco, Las Vegas, and Glorieta Today, Friday, May 6, and tomorrow, Saturday, May 7, to provide direct assistance to New Mexicans who have been impacted by fires. Senator Heinrich’s staff will be on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), emphasized the importance of VA Secretary Denis McDonough providing reassessed data that will drive proposed changes to the delivery of VA health care services. In March, Senator...

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 Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) announced that President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for New Mexico in the wake of severe wildfires. Today, the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies opened a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Fiscal Year 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VIDEO: Chair Heinrich...

WASHINGTON – As many areas in New Mexico continue dealing with the devastation and mitigation of wildfires across the state, 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 Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) are calling on President...

WASHINGTON – Today, Wednesday, May 4, at 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will Chair a hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Fiscal Year 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the...

The leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the case that appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade woke up many on Tuesday to a “shocking” reality which may be imminent. Politico released on Monday a leaked draft document, dated February from the Supreme Court. The document is a majority opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A local nonprofit recently received $1 million in federal funding to support formerly incarcerated women to get their lives back. The nonprofit is ‘Crossroads for Women’ and the funding comes at a good time as they’ve seen an increased need. "We saw an increase in behavioral health needs, an increase in...

WASHINGTON – Today, during a business meeting in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) increased momentum on key locally-driven outdoor conservation and recreation priorities.  Senator Heinrich advanced by unanimous consent legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on a draft majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization:  “The Supreme Court’s draft opinion is a direct threat to a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions and a dangerous...