PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $18.5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member and former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC), reacted to a new JEC report that finds President Trump’s war with Iran and illegal tariffs have cost New Mexico families an additional $3,800-plus...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Literacy Improvement For Transformation (LIFT) Act, legislation to improve child literacy outcomes in New Mexico, Louisiana, and nationwide.
Early reading interventions...
IN THE NEWS
Congress is advancing a new permitting bill that pairs tougher cost protections and sharper litigation limits with a major expansion of federal transmission authority — a shift that directly answers the objections that stalled reform in 2024.
Senators Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Martin Heinrich and Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the 417-page...
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If there’s one thing stakeholders in the energy sector can agree on, it’s that new infrastructure needs to get built faster and more reliably. A , for instance, found that federal permitting delays hamper clean energy projects for an average of six months; cancellations due to endless litigation are common.
For years, federal...
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich, unveiled an expansive bill this week aimed at reducing permitting requirements for energy projects, creating jobs and streamlining environmental review and historic preservation processes.
Heinrich said the goal is not to permit every energy project but to move more...
MARTIN’S BLOG
It has been 25 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
Today we honor the skilled workers who built our country and keep it running. We recognize all those, past and present, who have fought for labor protections and the right to organize. And we commit to creating an economy where hard work pays off.
Tribal Head Start programs play a critical role in preserving and promoting Native languages, cultures, and traditions. But federal credentialing requirements can prevent Tribal programs from hiring qualified educators best equipped to pass down these languages, cultures, and traditions on to the next generation — particularly in communities with...
