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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today reintroduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that sets a bold vision of...
WASHINGTON – U.S Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 17 Senate colleagues led by U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter to President Biden raising concerns over reports the Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 35 senators in a letter led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service members...

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WASHINGTON — Congress’ Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing the economic repercussions of defaulting on the nation’s debt, adding fuel to the fire as Democrats pressed Republicans to address the nation’s borrowing limit without tying action to spending cuts. The report, from Democratic staff on the...
In the wake of the collapse of two large banks, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and other Democrats are seeking to repeal a 2018 law that reduced oversight and capital requirements for certain financial institutions. The legislation would seek to repeal Title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018. The bill...
“The team will respond to residents suffering from mental health emergencies, assist with de-escalating critical situations, and help individuals connect with the medical or psychological resources they may need,” according to a news release issued by the City of Las Cruces. Project LIGHT will operate from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days a...

MARTIN’S BLOG

Dear Friend, Thirteen years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. I will always be proud that one of the first votes I ever took in Congress—and still one of the most meaningful—was to pass the ACA. Since then, I have heard from thousands of New Mexicans about how the ACA has helped...
Dear Friend, Last fall, Santa Fe resident Evaggelos Klonis contacted my office to see if we could help him with expediting the replacement of his passport. Mr. Klonis had been pursuing a master’s degree abroad and living in Germany with his fiancée, who was expecting their first child. He traveled back to New Mexico to make...
Dear Friend, For more than a decade now, New Mexicans have stood united in defense of the Buffalo Tract. These parcels of federal Bureau of Land Management land are intermixed with residential communities in Sandoval County and are important landscapes for Santa Ana and San Felipe Pueblos. They also serve as a critical wildlife corridor between the...

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