PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reintroduced the Pathways to Health Careers Act, legislation that reauthorizes and modernizes the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program to help address health care shortages in New Mexico and across the country and create pathways to high quality, in-demand...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Chris Jansing on MSNBC Wednesday to discuss his GOSAFE Act, legislation to protect communities from gun violence, while safeguarding Americans’ constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes.
VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) as well as Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mazie Hirono...
IN THE NEWS
There have been more mass shootings in the U.S. than days in 2023. Our nation continues to reel from a skyrocketing rate of mass casualty tragedies—from Las Vegas, Uvalde, Buffalo, El Paso, Orlando, Parkland, Tucson, Sutherland Springs, and Sandy Hook to Nashville, Lewiston, Maine, Allen, Texas, Monterey Park, Calif., and Farmington, N.M. in just...
US Senator Martin Heinrich was in Pecos on Friday to thank constituents for their support to protect the Pecos Watershed from mineral development.
Heinrich met with local leaders from around the Pecos Valley to discussthe bill he introducedwith Senator Ben Ray Lujan that would withdraw all federally-managed minerals in the watershed from...
Last month, I joined President Biden at a new wind tower manufacturing plant that just opened in Belén, New Mexico.
The opening of this $55 million factory will create 250 advanced manufacturing careers for New Mexicans. These are the types of high-quality trades careers that you can build a family around.
But it wasn’t too long ago that the...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Dear Friend,
From Aztec and Farmington, New Mexico to El Paso, Parkland, Pittsburgh, Uvalde, Lewiston, and most recently Las Vegas the number of Americans killed in mass shootings has been horrific. This year alone, there have been around two mass shootings per day. That’s unconscionable.
Last week, I introduced a new, pragmatic approach to saving...
Dear Friend,
Senator Dennis Chávez’s dedication to the people of New Mexico and to our country left behind a profound legacy. I was proud to lead the legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office in Belén in his honor as a small token of gratitude.
PHOTO: From Left: DeChellie Gray, Senior Field Representative for Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury,...
Dear Friend,
As a young Marine infantryman, Antonio Sanchez of Albuquerque served our country in Vietnam. When he returned home to New Mexico, he placed all of his uniforms, his service medals, and his discharge papers into a duffel bag that was stolen back in the early 1980s.
Mr. Sanchez wanted to retrieve his service awards so he could pass...
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