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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich toured PB&J Family Services on Tuesday to hear first hand how Medicaid pays for crucial programs for struggling families and children at the whole-family, early education nonprofit’s headquarters in the South Valley. The stop was part of a series of visits Heinrich is taking to understand the impact of Medicaid...

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...

Tick, tock! If you want to add your voice to the debate on continued national monument status for Bears Ears, the time to do it is now! On April 26, President Donald Trump ordered Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review Bears Ears and 20 other national monuments dating back to 1996 to see if their protected federal status should remain or not. The...

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...

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument is a national model for community-driven conservation and the culmination of decades of advocacy from a broad coalition of local elected officials, tribal and Hispanic leaders, local businesses, sportsmen, veterans, faith leaders, and community members across southern New Mexico who recognized the...

Rural America voted heavily for Donald Trump in the presidential election. Now, a group of congressional Democrats say they have a better solution for what ails the vast stretches of the country outside the cities and suburbs. Among other things, they oppose President Trump's plan to use public-private...

The mythos goes like this: Near the end of the last millennium, Martin Heinrich came to New Mexico, settling here. In the aughts—after being deeply involved with environmental policy and literacy programs in our fair city and state—Heinrich, endorsed by the newspaper you are reading right now, was elected to the City Council. He held...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 11, 2017) —U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.,  questioned top intelligence officials, including acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on Worldwide Threats Thursday. Sen. Heinrich questioned McCabe on whether former FBI Director James Comey had lost the...

WASHINGTON — The acting director of the F.B.I. contradicted the White House on two major issues on Thursday: the support of rank-and-file agents for the fired F.B.I. chief James B. Comey and the importance of the agency’s investigation into Russian election interference. In a striking repudiation of official White House statements, the...

Massive ray guns that use microwaves to instantaneously down a swarm of incoming enemy drones are approaching prime-time reality, and could propel New Mexico into a leadership role in the next wave of modern defense technology. The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base is leading an effort to move such weapons out of the lab and...

A day after the Trump administration announced it would review the protections of national monuments designated by presidents in the past 21 years, Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico said stripping those designations would jeopardize jobs and local economies throughout the state and across the United States. National monuments and...

LAS CRUCES – U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both Democrats, answered questions on a wide range of topics for two hours Monday during a town hall meeting that lacked any of the tension or animosity of a meeting held last month by Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce. “We’re all neighbors,” moderator Fred Martino of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If Saturday’s weather was any indicator, the city of Albuquerque is as good a place as any to use the sun for power. Under a cloudless, sunny sky, next to an array of solar panels at the Albuquerque Fire Department Fire Academy that power several city buildings, City Councilors Pat Davis and Isaac Benton, along with...

Building a wall and making hardworking American families foot the bill through tariffs or trade wars is simply not a viable policy and doesn't reflect the security needs of our border communities or our economy. Instead of throwing taxpayers' money at President Trump's border wall, we should make smart investments to improve infrastructure on the...

In New Mexico, thousands of jobs and a sizable portion of the state’s economy are supported by the oil and gas industry, which plays a critical role in meeting our nation’s energy needs. The industry has been a driving force for southeastern New Mexico, which is why when oil was trading as low as 30 dollars a barrel, it was a big hit to...

Last month I visited the Jewish Community Center in Albuquerque on the same day that it was evacuated because of a bomb threat. This was the JCC’s second bomb threat within three weeks. These alarming incidents in Albuquerque and across the country aim to introduce fear into our communities and must not be tolerated. During my tour of the JCC...

In New Mexico, our livelihoods are rooted in our open spaces. Families have long histories of using our public lands for hiking, hunting, fishing and other outdoor traditions, both new and old. New Mexicans also share an unwavering commitment to protecting our natural heritage for our children and for all future generations, and know firsthand that...

MSNBC's Brian Williams talks to Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) about House GOP Intel. Chair Nunes sharing information with Pres. Trump. 

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia serves as a leading training site for the brave men and women who are our nation’s front line of defense. Over 500 dedicated FLETC staff in Artesia work hard every day to make sure that law enforcement agents from across the United States get the best quality training. I have...

In New Mexico, our livelihoods are rooted in our open spaces. Families have long histories of using our public lands for hiking, hunting, fishing and other outdoor traditions, both new and old. New Mexicans also share an unwavering commitment to protecting our natural heritage for our children and for all future generations, and know firsthand that...