PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated from September 15 through October 15. Heinrich is a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month.
“As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor the remarkable contributions...
Heinrich to introduce an amendment to protect Indian Gaming Regulatory Act & Tribal-state compacts & prohibit CFTC-registered entities from online sports betting & casino-style gaming
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting against advancing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act...
ROSWELL, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, met with cadets at the New Mexico Youth Challenge Academy and the New Mexico Military Institute, and toured Eastern NM University-Roswell's (ENMU-R) newly renovated health science center, automotive and welding technology center, and...
IN THE NEWS
Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation on Thursday announced they’d introduced a bill that would prohibit uranium mining throughout the Chama Basin Watershed, after a Canadian company earlier this year sought federal permits to conduct exploratory drilling.
The Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Senators Martin...
New Mexico’s congressional delegation, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich, demands answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after military GPS jamming allegedly caused a medical plane crash, killing four crew members and igniting a 32,000-acre wildfire that cost taxpayers $37.7 million.
Just before midnight May 13, a medical flight left Roswell for...
New Mexico’s two Democratic United States senators, along with U.S. Sen Dick Durban (D-Ill.) led a group of 34 senators in a letter Tuesday that expresses “strong opposition” to President Donald Trump’s recent decision to greatly reduce the footprints of two national monuments in Utah.
Trump on July 13 signed a pair of executive orders to shrink...
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...
