PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined legislation led by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to ease the burden of child care costs on working families by making permanent tax cuts that...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the bipartisan Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act to increase opportunities for families living in poverty. The bill aligns and links existing systems and funding streams to target both parents and children with support aimed at increasing...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are calling for the passage of their legislation, the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act, after a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that more coordination needs to be done at a national level to assist state and localities in...
IN THE NEWS
Late last week, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) held a press conference to note the introduction of two powerful pieces of legislation designed to ameliorate multigenerational poverty in New Mexico and the rest of the US, too.
The two-generation system links services for parents and children in such a way as to enable success and increase...
Earlier this month, I hosted a Town Hall at the Las Cruces Convention Center with Senator Tom Udall. It was encouraging to see hundreds of people engage in our democracy and ask important questions about the direction of our state and nation. I am also grateful for the calls and letters I receive from New Mexicans every day in my offices about a...
A prosperous new future for New Mexico starts with investing in education.
In recent decades, our state has kept college tuition lower than our neighboring states, supported programs like the Lottery Scholarship, and made sure community colleges, branch campuses, and tribal universities can serve communities across our state. All of that is...
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.
