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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to review the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture....

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today reintroduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that sets a bold vision of...

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET/8 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, will hold a hearing to review the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours in Doña Ana County at 9:30 a.m. MT on Tuesday, April 4. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration,...

WASHINGTON – U.S Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 17 Senate colleagues led by U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter to President Biden raising concerns over reports the Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 35 senators in a letter led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service members...

WASHINGTON — Congress’ Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing the economic repercussions of defaulting on the nation’s debt, adding fuel to the fire as Democrats pressed Republicans to address the nation’s borrowing limit without tying action to spending cuts. The report, from Democratic staff on the...

PHOTO: (From Left) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator Tina Smith, and U.S. Representative Don Beyer deliver remarks, March 23, 2023. WATCH: Heinrich: House Republicans Are Gambling with the American People’s Money WATCH: Heinrich, Colleagues...

WASHINGTON – Today, during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the relative role of the Trump tax cuts in creating the current structural deficit.   WATCH: Hearing, Heinrich Highlights Trump...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the bipartisan Colorectal Cancer Detection Act, legislation to increase access to colorectal cancer screenings. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the United States, and is the second...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $11,482,174 in Infrastructure Law funding to make New Mexico communities more resilient to wildfires and strengthen the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus and the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the United States Senate, joined Senate Co-Chairs Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Vice Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), and House of Representatives Co-Chairs Garret Graves...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) brought together Tribal and local leaders to showcase the growing momentum behind community-driven legislation to protect the Buffalo Tract. During the event, Senator Heinrich and Representative Stansbury called on the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico is one of 15 states to secure $1 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). New Mexico will use the one-year planning grant for consideration to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $1,504,234 in Outreach Grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program...

In the wake of the collapse of two large banks, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and other Democrats are seeking to repeal a 2018 law that reduced oversight and capital requirements for certain financial institutions. The legislation would seek to repeal Title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018. The bill...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Friday, March 17, at 10:15 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) will host an event to showcase Tribal and local support for community-driven legislation to protect the Buffalo Tract. Interested media can RSVP at...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of senators led by U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, asking him to quickly assess a range of factors necessary to successfully facilitate the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine. “After speaking with U.S.,...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to designate portions of the Gila River, its watershed and other rivers in the Gila National Forest as Wild and Scenic Rivers. The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act will be a boon to New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico will receive $10,336,000 in Infrastructure Law funding through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).   This federal funding must...