press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to eliminate payment limits for livestock, dairy and specialty crop producers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). The bipartisan effort is supported by the...

WASHINGTON —Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Tribal Council is receiving an award of $286,786 in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Rural and Tribal...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with 77 Senators, are calling for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought to support local radio and television broadcasters and local newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic by working with agencies to increase federal advertising in community...

A key document in the yearslong process undertaken by the group planning a controversial diversion of water from the Gila River and its tributaries was officially released today, marking a milestone for the project. The Gila diversion, as it’s now envisioned, could annually divert anywhere from 349 to 1,845 acre-feet of surface and ground...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —KOAT spoke to Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is in New Mexico right now, about how the state is handling the pandemic and what help is coming to the people who need it most. Here’s what Heinrich said when asked about New Mexico’s governor keeping nonessential businesses closed through May 15, and what he thinks about...

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s two U.S. senators are wading more deeply into a stream access debate that’s been simmering for years. U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, both Democrats, this week urged the state Game Commission to repeal a 2017 rule that allows private landowners to restrict public access to water flowing across...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today held a teleconference with New Mexico-based reporters to answer questions and discuss the latest on efforts to assist New Mexicans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A recording of Senator Heinrich’s remarks can be found HERE. Senator Heinrich's as prepared for delivery are...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the Senate, announced new legislation to expand national service programs as the country works to respond and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act would fund 750,000 national service...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich weighed in on an ongoing and complicated dispute between the state Game Commission and environmental groups about accessing streams in New Mexico. Heinrich told NM Political Report that New Mexico’s leadership needs to step up efforts to protect stream access rights.  At issue is a rule adopted by the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Lawmakers in Washington passed another relief package Thursday, which includes more money for small businesses that have been affected by COVID-19. The bill includes $380 billion for small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for COVID-19 testing. The bill pours more money into the Paycheck Protection Program,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with 48 of their congressional colleagues, have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf urging the release of detained children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced a $2 million grant for the New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) to fund behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting for the interim COVID-19 emergency relief package, which passed the Senate today. A summary of the legislation is available here. “This stopgap legislation is designed to quickly shore up the economic relief programs targeted for small...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) announced the Tribal COVID-19 Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act, legislation he plans to introduce to eliminate the non-federal cost share for emergency protective measures undertaken by Tribal governments in response to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)....

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that over $84 million in grants will go to local education institutions, students, and the governor’s office as part of the $2...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is lauding the announcement that Sandia National Laboratories has been granted approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to begin public testing for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The approval will expand New...

When the new coronavirus outbreak began, Sandia National Laboratories called on its scientists and engineers to pitch ideas on how they could help. “They asked the whole lab — just as an open call — ‘Who’s got ideas on how we can help?’ ” said Ryan Haggerty, who oversees engineering programs at...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, along with 27 Senators and 77 Members of the House of Representatives, are urging Congressional leadership to call for an inclusive coronavirus relief package that ensures that urgently-needed coronavirus testing and medical care and other critical lifelines are accessible by all...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 36 Democratic Senators in a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to automatically extend existing legal work authorizations for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients and other impacted immigrants. In...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Thousands of undocumented families in New Mexico don't qualify for the most recent federal stimulus checks that were given out to families this week during the coronavirus pandemic, despite many being essential workers. Because of this the New Mexico Dream team decided to take matters into their own hands by creating a...