Martin's Blog

Dear Friend, We are 13 hours away from a Republican government shutdown.  Let’s be clear: Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. If a government shutdown happens, it is because Republicans chose to shut down the government. It is because they refused to negotiate in good faith with Democrats. And it is because they chose not to...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  Right now, the Trump Administration is once again attacking your public lands. This time, they are trying to rescind the Roadless Rule – a rule that protects nearly 45 million acres of public forest land from road development. This protection is critical to preventing wildfires, protecting clean water sources, and supporting...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  Every year my office hosts military service academy information nights with representatives from each service academy to field questions from prospective applicants and parents. On Thursday, September 4, at 6 p.m. MT, my office will host a virtual Q&A session for prospective applicants and attendees to our nation's four military...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  This and every Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and the extraordinary resilience of enslaved African Americans – those finally freed on June 19th, 1865, and those across the nation who were freed in the years before and the six months that followed. Juneteenth also demands that we face with unflinching resolve our nation’s painful...

Dear Friend,  Yesterday, I went to the Senate floor to pay tribute to Ralph Vigil, a fierce advocate for his community and the Pecos River. Ralph’s life was a testament to his commitment and connection to New Mexico and its people. A leader in every sense of the word, his legacy will live on in the lives he touched and the causes he stood for....

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  Since the passage of our Inflation Reduction Act, we’ve positioned New Mexico as a leader in clean energy that has created a manufacturing boom – providing people in our state new opportunities to pursue careers in their home communities that they can build their families around. We have seen $4.4 billion in investments that have...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  Over 1 in 4 New Mexicans depend on Medicare for their prescriptions and life-saving care. But Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been crystal clear: they want to gut these benefits. We are talking about benefits that New Mexicans have worked their whole life to earn. We cannot let Trump and Musk raid these hard-earned benefits to fund...

Dear Friend,  Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired thousands of workers certified to fight wildfires right as fire season begins. These immoral and illegal firings put our communities and the places we love in harm's way. ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL: Firing Red Cards is a Red Flag, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, 05/11/25 I...

Dear Friend,  Spending nearly a year with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an AmeriCorps member shaped who I am today and how I serve New Mexicans in Congress. It taught me that there is nothing more rewarding than serving others. AmeriCorps members do critical work to invest in New Mexicans’ futures. They prepare our students for the careers...

Dear Friend,  In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, my staff travels throughout the state to hold Mobile Office Hours at convenient locations near you. At Mobile Office Hours, my office can help with things like Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, student loans, immigration, and other federal...

Dear Friend,  Immoral. Unacceptable. Indefensible. — That’s the only way to describe how veterans are being treated by President Trump and Elon Musk. Veterans illegally and indiscriminately fired by Trump and Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been reaching out to my office for months. We've also heard from hundreds more...

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. Today, I...

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...