press releases

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. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jacky Rosen (D-N.V.) announced today that they are leading a bipartisan group of senators in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce urging Secretary Gina Raimondo to carefully assess the validity of a recently filed petition to expand job-killing tariffs on solar panels and cells...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, welcomed President Joe Biden’s announcement today that the White House is taking steps to ban the import of Russian oil in response to the unprovoked and unjustified war in...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Severing Putin’s Immense Gains from Oil Transfers (SPIGOT) Act, legislation that would prohibit the importation of Russian oil and petroleum products into the United States, and mandate a plan to replace those imports with alternative, clean sources of energy. “We need...

A bipartisan effort to block storage of spent nuclear fuel took the form of a bill introduced in Congress by New Mexico Democrats and Texas Republicans as private companies hope to build such facilities along the border of both states. Holtec International proposed building a facility that could ultimately hold up to 100,000 metric tons of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of senators led by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a Senate resolution calling for Vladimir Putin and members of his regime to be held accountable for the numerous acts of war, aggression, and human rights abuses that have been conducted under his...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – US Senators Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich have asked congress to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The act set to expire in July provides financial compensation to people who were exposed to radiation from aboveground nuclear weapons tests and those who work with uranium. Both groups continue to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is inviting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to visit New Mexico for a tour of the most pressing and unique broadband challenges, especially in Pueblos and rural and unincorporated communities. In a letter to FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, Senator Heinrich...

WASHINGTON – As schools across the nation continue transitioning back to normal operations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, is leading a group of 29 Senate colleagues, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), in an effort to make sure school...

WASHINGTON (March 2, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and August Plfuger (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to prevent private interim nuclear waste storage sites from becoming de facto permanent nuclear waste...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after attending President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address: “It makes a world of difference to have steady, moral leadership back in the White House. President Biden’s actions and achievements are the driving force in a great...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. senators from New Mexico and Texas are proposing legislation that could affect efforts by private companies to build temporary storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the U.S. as the federal government has yet identify a permanent solution for the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed the New Mexico Supreme Court's decision to uphold public stream access. WATCH: Heinrich Applauds New Mexico Supreme Court Decision To Uphold Public Stream Access “Today is an exciting day in New Mexico...

LAS CRUCES, 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 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. MT, on Wednesday, March 2, at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. “In light of Russia’s military invasion of...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 28, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) led a letter with U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) requesting that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) immediately waive a rule that has resulted in grounding hot air balloon flights over the City of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court is scheduled Tuesday to hear arguments in a case over whether the public has a right to fish or float on streams and other waterways that flow through private property. While the debate over stream access has been ongoing across the West for years, the New Mexico court could...

New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich joined a bipartisan group of senators on legislation that would require federal agencies to quickly develop plans for their employees to return to their workstations. The Return Employees To Understaffed Worksites to Reopen Now Act, or RETURN Act, would direct federal agencies to quickly develop plans to resume...

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 – This week, while the U.S. Senate is in a legislative recess, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hit the road to engage in on-the-ground discussions to advance priorities for New Mexicans. Strengthening The STEM Pipeline In New Mexico On Monday, February 21, Senator Heinrich visited the New Mexico Tech Playas Research and...