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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today joined 32 Senate colleagues to advocate for state, local, and tribal governments to receive dedicated, flexible funding in the next COVID-19 emergency funding package. The senators wrote, “On behalf of our state, local, and tribal governments, it is essential that you include...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 36 fellow senators in a letter to Senate and House Republican leadership, requesting that any future emergency coronavirus legislation include strong provisions that protect and expand healthcare coverage for the millions of Americans...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $853,877 to the University of New...

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...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich will be part of a bipartisan task force to advise the White House on reopening the American economy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This public health crisis is like nothing any of us have ever experienced. As elected leaders and policymakers, we will rightly be measured by how we responded,” Heinrich said...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on agreeing to serve on a White House task force comprised of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to provide counsel to the President on the reopening of the American economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: "This public health crisis...

WASHINGTON (April 15, 2020) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) led a bicameral letter with 25 U.S. Senators and 66 U.S. Representatives to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, urging them to halt...

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 that 50 local airports across New Mexico will receive over $25.2 million in federal grants to sustain critical operations...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of 39 senators in a letter calling on Senate leadership to include strong support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in future legislation to address the...

ALBUQUERQUE – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted a teleconference with hundreds of small business owners and nonprofit leaders across New Mexico to assist them in accessing new funding included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The new law contains major provisions to provide relief to...

The 90-day comment period on the draft revised Gila National Forest management plan will end Thursday, despite requests from citizens and congressional leaders that Gila National Forest Supervisor Adam Mendonca extend the deadline in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the effect that closures of places like local libraries — where...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging the Trump administration to provide relief for local farmers who are struggling as the nation combats the spread of COVID-19. In a letter sent to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small are raising concerns with the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are raising serious concerns about the Trump administration’s lack of transparancy and reliance on private companies to distribute desperately needed medical supplies during the Coronavirus pandemic. Although the President has declared a national emergency and mobilized the...

New Mexico’s small towns could be getting federal relief funding as communities wrangle with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, leading to closure of local businesses and increased need for medical supplies to treat the virus and track its spread. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced on Monday that he planned to introduce the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that he will introduce the Coronavirus Community Relief Act. This legislation would provide $250 billion in stabilization funds geared towards localities with populations under 500,000 that are struggling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities across the United...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 44 Senate Democrats in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), urging them to publicize a comprehensive and transparent plan to conduct a national inventory of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter T. Gaynor outlining significant concerns about the public health and economic impacts that the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is having on tribal communities in New Mexico....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small are raising concerns with Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Matthew T. Albence over reports that ICE detention facilities in New Mexico are not fully prepared to manage...

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 that an estimated 1,793 New Mexico health care providers will receive more than $169,486,132 to...