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PHOTOS SANTA FE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, hosted a roundtable with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and local election officials to discuss the unprecedented threats to Americans’ right to vote and New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the American Homeownership Act, legislation to get housing out of the hands of corporate landlords and into the hands of New Mexico families. Wall Street landlords have exacerbated the housing crisis in New Mexico and nationwide by buying up a large share of the housing market –...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act, bipartisan legislation to help tackle rising rates of opioid overdoses with increased access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone. The National Safety Council found that while 75 percent of employers report seeing...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement opposing former Congressman Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): “I have known Congressman Pearce a long time. And while I appreciate his testimony...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement in response to news that the U.S. has attacked Iran without Congressional approval, with President Trump calling for regime change in the country. “President Trump promised to end wars, not start them. Now he has put...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed a resolution celebrating Black History Month, which he is an original cosponsor of: “American history cannot be told without Black history. And Black history is American history – full stop. Black Americans have played an integral role...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner...

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump administration nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, expressed his concerns about Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, former New Mexican Congressman Steve...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump administration nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, and Committee Democrats secured key commitments from former Congressman Steve Pearce, President Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter to urge U.S. Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig to abstain from intervening in pending litigation involving prediction markets and to uphold the CFTC’s policy banning unlicensed gambling through these marketplaces, including wagers on sporting...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision striking down many of President Trump’s sweeping tariff taxes, which have raised costs on New Mexico working families, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. “Trump’s illegal tariffs have driven up the price of groceries and...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to discuss pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full Committee, questioned Associate Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Christopher French on how cuts by the Trump Administration are...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to discuss pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full Committee, emphasized the need to pass two of his bills, the Buffalo Tract Protection Act, and the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate potential violations committed during the U.S. Department of Commerce’s illegal dismantling of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the only federal agency tasked with promoting...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, legislation that will prohibit corporations from leveraging new technologies to increase grocery costs for New Mexicans. Corporations collect and purchase Americans’ personal data to create a detailed profile of consumers. This data,...

Heinrich, colleagues to Trump Administration: “It is unconscionable that this Administration believes that children belong behind bars and should be stripped of protections that ensure access to food, water, and other necessities while in detention.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 10 Democratic senators to send a letter...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development subcommittee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,uplifted a New York Times article where President Teddy Roosevelt’s descendants pressed lawmakers to oppose a resolution that would open up mining next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This comes as the Senate is...

Two of the top officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency office in charge of compensating victims of the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire have been placed on administrative leave, according to an email. The move comes after news outlets reported Jay Mitchell, director of the New Mexico Joint Recovery Office since 2024, had received a...