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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) convened a press conference with New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown, community leaders, and students to announce the introduction of his Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act, commonsense legislation designed to protect communities from gun...
New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 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...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, reintroduced their Buffalo Tract Protection Act to permanently withdraw minerals from development on four parcels of Bureau...
IN THE NEWS
Sen. Martin Heinrich was more effective than the average senator and Rep. Gabe Vasquez exceeded expectations as a freshman lawmaker during the 118th Congress, according to a report from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking released Tuesday.
The CEL ranks every member of Congress based on 15 metrics, including how far their bills make it...
Sen. Martin Heinrich is continuing his focus on apprenticeships and workforce development in the 119th session of Congress, putting forth a bill aimed at creating grants for new high school apprenticeship programs.
Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced the bipartisan Apprenticeship Pathways Act in January with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. The pair introduced...
Legislation that would make it easier to clean up abandoned mines is one step closer to the president’s desk.
The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
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...
