PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, delivered opening remarks, criticizing the Trump administration for delaying nominating officials to top roles at the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and John Curtis (R-Idaho) introduced the Protecting Firefighters and Advancing State-of-the-Art (PFAS) Alternatives Act of 2026, legislation to support the development of next-generation, PFAS-free protective gear to better protect firefighters from the...
June 23rd, 2026
Heinrich Grills Governor of Puerto Rico on Plans to Stabilize Island’s Electric Grid
WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the U.S. Territories, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, questioned Jenniffer González-Colón, Governor of Puerto Rico, on the island’s electric grid, and her plans to improve its reliability.
VIDEO: Ranking...
IN THE NEWS
Jack Brooke has done a lot of living in his nearly 88 years.
As a child, he listened to the advent of rock ’n’ roll on a plastic radio. He s pent two years in the Coast Guard in the 1960s. He sold life insurance before building his own business as a management consultant.
“Life has just been great, all the way through,” Brooke said.
These days,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations.
The resulting rules, however, have a few gaps. Left off the list of 736 sensitive locations were the White House, Congress and the...
An effort by New Mexico’s Senior U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and a handful of other Senate Democrats have made it significantly harder for Republicans to include their proposed $1 billion appropriation for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom in an upcoming budget reconciliation bil, according to a Sunday press release from Heinrich’s...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Dear Friend,
I voted against Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence today. Here’s why: Time and again, Ms. Gabbard has elevated conspiracy theories, parroted dictators’ talking points, and repeatedly undermined our country’s national security. Her poor judgment and lack of national...
Dear Friend,
We’re losing nearly 75,000 Americans each year to illicit fentanyl overdoses. I refuse to accept this reality. That’s why I’m working to deliver the tools law enforcement personnel need to keep these extremely lethal and dangerous drugs off our streets and ensure scientists can research and better understand these substances.
Dear Friend,
Our economy, our healthcare system, our schools, our law enforcement and fire departments, our newborns, our elders, our veterans – everyone, everywhere in New Mexico. President Trump is attempting to shove all of this over a cliff.
In New Mexico alone, Trump's blockade on federal funding will make it impossible for thousands to pay...
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Heinrich, Wyden Host Press Conference on Republicans' Latest Attempt to Undo the Roadless RuleHeinrich, Wyden Host Press Conference on Republicans' Latest Attempt to Undo the Roadless Rule
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Heinrich Hosts Press Conference to Defend the Roadless RuleHeinrich Hosts Press Conference to Defend the Roadless Rule
