press releases

WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $1 million in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) across New Mexico. These EDA planning investments...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming almost $5 million in Indian Community Development Block Grants (ICDBG) to support Tribal housing projects in New Mexico. The funding, made possible by the American Rescue Plan, will be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allocating over $60 million to New Mexico projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), is highlighting how the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and investing in early childhood education and broadband infrastructure can support New Mexico families and lift current and future generations out of...

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) led a bipartisan group of eight senators Thursday asking President Biden not to extend Trump-era tariffs on imported solar panels. The Section 201 tariffs, set to expire Feb. 6, have cost more than 62,000 American clean-energy jobs, according to the senators, citing the Solar Energies Industry...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich made a visit to Valencia County Tuesday, with stops in both Los Lunas and Belen, to gauge the impact of infrastructure dollars he helped bring into the area. “Valencia County is a really good transportation hub. You have places where you can build, you have access to rail, you have the highway system and you have...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is applauding the House Natural Resources Committee for advancing the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act by a vote of 29 to 15.  Senator Heinrich’s landmark bipartisan legislation, that now has over 32 bipartisancosponsors in the Senate, will be...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 18, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited with local officials and business leaders to highlight how historic investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are creating jobs and economic opportunity while positively impacting New Mexico airports, roads, and bridges. PHOTOS: Heinrich Touts...

BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is going to benefit from the federal infrastructure package passed by Congress. Senator Martin Heinrich was in Belen on Tuesday to talk about where some of that money is going. New Mexico airports to receive $18M from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Heinrich chose to visit the Belen Municipal Airport...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 17: “On this Martin Luther King Day, we should all pause to reflect on all that Dr. King and his fellow leaders in the Civil Rights Movement sacrificed and fought for so that...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted how the historic Infrastructure Law is delivering major investments to infrastructure projects and priorities across New Mexico during a virtual Summit on City Infrastructure hosted by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. “This infrastructure law will...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are announcing that New Mexico will receive a total of $225 million over five years as part of the largest bridge formula program in American...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 12, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 38 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022, critical legislation to impose steep costs in the event of a renewed Kremlin invasion of Ukraine. As the Kremlin continues to engage in an unjustified...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 11, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $1 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program at the...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 10, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming $582,810 from the U.S. Department of Justice to enable Rio Arriba County's Health and Human Services Department to expand and enhance the existing Law Enforcement...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 7, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is part of a bicameral group of lawmakers that introduced the Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act, legislation to guarantee that the Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal health authorities, and urban Indian organizations have access to the Strategic National Stockpile...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 5, 2022) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement to recognize the anniversary of the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.  "What we saw on January 6th was a destruction of the shared truth that democracy relies on. We can only have a democracy if we can all agree to live...

As the riots in our nation's Capitol unfolded, New Mexico lawmakers were there witnessing the attack. It's a day Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich can't forget. "It was a pretty harrowing day. I witnessed firsthand some things I never thought I would see at the US Capitol. I'll just be blunt," Heinrich said. "I don't think anybody who was there...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 4, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the cofounder of the first-ever Electrification Caucus and member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is kicking off his return to D.C. by continuing his fight for investments in the Build Back Better Act that meet the challenges of the climate crisis, create...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced bicameral legislation last week to seek federal approval for the state’s proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would tap an additional 1.25 percent from the Land Grant Permanent Fund. Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbuy, both Democrats, introduced the legislation. U.S....