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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the impacts that President Trump’s cuts to foreign aid and withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have had on the United States’ ability to protect Americans from Ebola and hantavirus. “The dismantling...

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 Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees paid to the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus and the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the United States Senate, announced the introduction of his bipartisan resolution to designate today, June 12, 2026, as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. Heinrich introduced the resolution with U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) led 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), member of the U.S. Senate ENR Committee hosted a press conference on Republicans’ latest effort to repeal the Roadless Rule, which protects nearly 45 million acres of public lands administered...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to introduce the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Fencing Eligibility for New Conservation Equipment (FENCE) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), to allow farmers and ranchers to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for virtual...

WASHINGTON — During a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah) for continuing to advance Republican priorities while leaving bipartisan and Democratic conservation, public...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led ten Senate Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright opposing DOE’s new High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate (HEEHR) program guidance. The home energy rebate program...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Burgum requesting a briefing from the Department’s Designated Ethics Official (DAO) regarding actions of Karen Budd-Falen, the Department’s Associate...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) stood up for New Mexico families by voting against Senate Republicans’ budget bill that fails to address the skyrocketing price of gas, groceries, and everyday essentials — while giving away $70 billion in taxpayer dollars to a lawless U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border...

Video Here  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 ahead of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge tomorrow, June 5, which will open up the area’s 1.56 million acres for...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced that their Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025, which is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), passed the...

Mental health conditions — including substance use disorders — are the leading cause of preventable maternal death in the United States WASHINIGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the bipartisan, bicameral Moms Matter Act, commonsense legislation to increase investments in maternal mental health programs and better support moms...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) led the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act, legislation to improve Americans’ access to physical therapy and address the healthcare workforce shortage in rural communities. Many communities designated as Health...

Mental health conditions — including substance use disorders — are the leading cause of preventable maternal death in the United States WASHINIGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the bipartisan, bicameral Moms Matter Act, commonsense legislation to increase investments in maternal mental health programs and better support moms...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement opposing President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence: “Bill Pulte lacks the national security experience and judgment required to protect the American people from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden raising strong concerns about the Department's plan to reorganize the Food Safety and Inspection Service...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how much families save with electric vehicles (EVs) as gas prices skyrocket because of President Trump’s war in Iran. According to his fact sheet, families with EVs save $1,300 a...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Pat Harrigan (R-N.C.) in releasing information confirming for the first time that hostile foreign adversaries are using commercial location data to target American...