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With our incredible resources for both solar and wind energy, alongside innovative research and development at our national laboratories and universities, New Mexico is poised to become a major producer and exporter of clean power. However, recent recommendations from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) could threaten thousands of...

Our democracy hinges on protecting Americans’ ability to fairly choose our own leaders, and this requires public confidence that the voting results announced on election night are legitimate and reflect the actual votes cast in each state. As members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we are helping to lead the Senate’s...

As fall hunting season gets underway, I am proud to announce that New Mexico sportsmen will finally be able to access the stunning landscapes in the Sabinoso Wilderness. Located on just over 16,000 acres in San Miguel County, in between Las Vegas and Mosquero, the Sabinoso Wilderness, which was designated in 2009, is home to a variety of wildlife,...

Any investments we make should go to tackling the challenges that working families confront every day. Republicans seem to believe we can afford massive amounts of additional deficit spending, because their tax plan busts the budget by $1.5 trillion over 10 years to provide more tax breaks for the wealthy and special interests. If...

Like parents across New Mexico, knowing what’s in the food I buy for my family is important to me. This is one of the main reasons why I think it’s so important that Congress act to require products sold in grocery stores to be clearly labeled if they are genetically modified. Providing transparency to consumers will ensure they...

Two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are proposing legislation aimed at hardening state voting systems against cyberattacks as part of a two-track response to Russian interference in the 2016 election. The bill proposed Tuesday by Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Martin Heinrich of New Mexico would authorize federal grants...

Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced a multifaceted election cybersecurity bill Tuesday, including a bug bounty program for systems manufacturers and a grant program for states to upgrade technology.  "While the Intelligence Committee’s investigation is still ongoing, one thing is...

Your bank might want you to give up those paper statements sent in the mail in favor of an app on your smartphone, and your doctor might keep your medical records on a computer instead of in a manila folder. But New Mexico wants to keep your vote on a paper ballot, and a growing number of states are following suit, ditching paperless elections...

Amid its clear penchant for ignoring the facts and scientific analysis to promote a political agenda, the Trump administration’s decision to force American consumers to bail out uncompetitive coal-fired and nuclear power plants should come as no surprise. However, the destabilizing consequences and fact-free nature of the...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discusses how the Republican budget will hurt working families in New Mexico. October 23, 2017.

An apparent attempt to water down language about evolution and climate change in the guidelines for science education in New Mexico met with protests this week at an eventful public hearing at the Public Education Department’s offices in Santa Fe. Hundreds of people — some of them demonstrating outside with signs — showed up to...

President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — program is a heartless and grave mistake. We should never be a country that kicks out some of our best and brightest students. Under the DACA program implemented five years ago by the Obama Administration, undocumented immigrants who arrived...

For the past five years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has allowed some of the brightest young people in our communities to pursue their dreams and deliver significant benefits to the U.S. economy. Thanks to the contributions of DACA recipients — sometimes called Dreamers — our economy is stronger, we have...

Both of New Mexico's U.S. senators and both Democratic representatives called out the Trump administration's review of national monuments for multiple errors and urged the president to reject recommendations to alter the management strategy for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's...

LAS CRUCES - U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, have joined a group of 36 senators calling on the Trump administration to extend the Oct. 5 deadline for individuals eligible for renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a letter sent Monday to the acting secretary of...

As senators who proudly represent the world-class scientists at New Mexico’s national laboratories, research universities, military installations and high-tech businesses, we call on policymakers to use science as a guiding light. Our capacity to seize opportunities and face the many challenges ahead rests heavily on our ability to make...

Democrats are urging the Federal Election Commission to consider new guidance to prevent foreign entities from buying political ads targeting U.S. election, in the wake of the report that Russians purchased $100,000 in ads during the 2016 presidential election. Twenty Democratic House and Senate members, in a Tuesday letter to FEC Chairman...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  What should I know about Heinrich amendments? The Senate approved its 2018 defense authorization bill Monday. In that bill, Sen. Martin Heinrich added amendments that would have a huge economic impact on New Mexico The bill would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to break ground and begin construction of a $174,000,000...

Senator Martin Heinrich is calling for transparency in those advertisements you see on social media. Facebook recently told Congressional investigators that a so-called “Russia Troll Farm” bought about $100,000 in ads, from June 2015 to May 2017. While the content of the ads is not clear, Heinrich says he’s calling on Congress to...

WASHINGTON – After winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Martin Heinrich was contemplating possible committee assignments when he got a phone call from then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The longtime Nevada Democratic power broker had good news. He planned to grant Heinrich a plum assignment on the Senate Energy and Natural...