PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is welcoming $1,350,000 in federal funding that he secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process for the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 (U.A. Local 412). The funding will support specialized journeyman...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Trump’s day one Executive Orders:
“President Trump’s Executive Orders are wrong-headed, incendiary, and divisive. Instead of fighting for working families and lowering costs, he has spent his first day issuing orders that attack birthright citizenship...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting against legislation that would reallocate resources away from addressing violent crime and keeping communities safe and allow state attorneys general to second-guess federal immigration decisions, even on individual cases:
“If you commit a violent...
IN THE NEWS
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...
“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF," Heinrich said. "Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them."
“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF. Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them,” Heinrich said in a press release following the vote. “Let me be clear: I will never stop...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Dear Friend,
The House of Representatives just passed my legislation that will make it easier to clean up abandoned hardrock mines that pose environmental hazards to the land, water, fish, and wildlife our communities rely on – clearing the final hurdle before heading to President Biden’s desk.
For more than 25 years, Good Samaritans have tried to...
Dear Friend,
After years of fighting alongside you, I am relieved to share that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally agreed to transfer the remainder of the retired chimpanzees in its custody at Holloman Air Force Base to Chimp Haven, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana.
Throughout my time in Congress, I have been proud to join...
Dear Friend,
When it comes to crime, my focus is on preventing what we can and solving it when we can’t. Yesterday, I visited with the Las Cruces Police Department to highlight recent funding I’ve secured for law enforcement to tackle gun violence, solve crimes, and hold criminals accountable in Southern New Mexico.
