Economy & Jobs

My number one priority is not only continuing to grow our economy, but ensuring that we again create good jobs that pay workers a fair and livable wage.

From making college affordable, to strengthening our nation’s infrastructure, to growing our diverse, high-tech, innovative and clean energy industries, I remain deeply committed to strengthening New Mexico’s middle class, which is central to a thriving economy.

We must restore the basic bargain on which this country was built – that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead. I won’t stop fighting until every New Mexican who wants a job can find one.

Latest

• Heinrich Secures Major Wins For New Mexico In Annual Defense Spending Bill

  Posted on 08/02/18

  Aug. 2, 2018) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and job-creating initiatives throughout the state. The bill includes an amendment sponsored by Senator Heinrich to establish the nation's first U.S. policy on cyber warfare. Read More

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• Udall, Heinrich Announce $1.3 million in Federal Funding for Village of Los Lunas Water Infrastructure Improvements

  Posted on 07/31/18

  "Economic development depends on 21st-century infrastructure improvements like this," said Heinrich. “As the Ranking Member on the Joint Economic Committee, I have called for greater investment in rural America. We need to level the playing field to help smaller communities compete with larger cities. I will continue fighting for forward-looking investments that connect all New Mexicans to new job growth opportunities, attract new private capital, and encourage the creation of new businesses.” Read More

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• Senators urge retention of Southwest Chief rail service

  Posted on 07/26/18

  SANTA FE - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from five states, including New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, is urging Amtrak to keep train passenger service over all of the route of the Southwest Chief, which runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles. Read More

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• Heinrich Leads Bipartisan Group of Senators Calling On Amtrak To Uphold Commitment To Long-Distance Rail Service, Southwest Chief

  Posted on 07/26/18

  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan group of Senators from states spanning the country in urging Amtrak to uphold its side of a longstanding public-private partnership to continue operating the Southwest Chief passenger train and long-distance passenger service, particularly through rural communities. The Southwest Chief runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles and connects towns and cities in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Read More

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• National Tribal Telecommunications Association Thanks Heinrich For Leadership On Rural Broadband

  Posted on 07/24/18

  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted the National Tribal Telecommunications Association (NTTA) in his Washington, D.C. office. The NTTA is in Washington this week to work on telecommunications issues affecting Indian Country and thanked Senator Heinrich for his leadership on rural broadband. Read More

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• Udall, Heinrich Announce $23 Million Of Federal Funding For N.M. Airports

  Posted on 07/19/18

  Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)announced more than $23 million in grants to support air transportation infrastructure at 26 airports across New Mexico. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration awarded the Air Improvement Program grants to fund airport rehabilitation and provide critical new equipment. Read More

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• New Mexico Delegation Urges ITC to Reverse Newsprint Tariffs Hurting NM Newspapers

  Posted on 07/17/18

  Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Steve Pearce and Michelle Lujan Grisham urged the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to reverse the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on Canadian newsprint, which threaten to devastate local newspapers across New Mexico. In a letter sent to USITC Chairman David S. Johanson as the ITC hears testimony on these tariffs, the New Mexico delegation wrote that the newsprint tariffs are already having an adverse impact on local newspapers and publishers – at a time when the journalism industry is already facing an array of other economic challenges. Read More

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• Heinrich questions NPS officials on maintenance backlog

  Posted on 07/13/18

  The primary elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park went back into service last week after a three-year modernization project following a breakdown in 2015. Read More

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• Our Next National Park Could Be in New Mexico

  Posted on 07/03/18

  I'm standing in the heart of White Sands National Monument, in southern New Mexico, the largest gypsum dune field in the world. Read More

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• Udall, Heinrich Announce Major Wins for Young Farmers and Ranchers, Dairies, and Tribes in Farm Bill

  Posted on 06/29/18

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