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Rollins: “It’ll be interesting if I’m still in this role a year from now” WASHINGTON — At a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on the Trump...

WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration’s budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) Fiscal Year 2027 (FY 27), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, questioned DOE Secretary Chris Wright on skyrocketing gas prices consumers are...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration’s budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, delivered opening remarks, grilling DOE Secretary Chris Wright on the Department’s...

WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), a member of the House Committee...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement reacting to a report by JEC Democrats that details how the Trump administration’s tariff policy has slowed the construction of housing in New Mexico and nationwide — exacerbating the housing crisis. “Far too many...

After hours of impassioned debate on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, U.S. senators voted Thursday morning 50 to 49 to roll back key protections for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. It resurrects a proposal to develop of a foreign-owned copper-nickel mine at the headwaters of America’s most popular...

The United States Senate voted today on H.J. 140 to repeal the 20-year mining moratorium on federal land in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Area. The vote, which was an unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act, passed narrowly, with 50 Republican Senators voting in favor of the action; 49 Senators opposed it,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reacted to Senate Republicans’ passage of H. J. Res 140, a measure that will allow copper-nickel sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), opening up millions of acres of pristine...

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to deliver remarks applauding the bravery of the women — including Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas — who courageously stepped forward to share their stories about the sexual...

WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to oppose a measure that would allow copper-nickel sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), which would be...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement condemning Senate Republicans for repeatedly blocking a War Powers Resolution he cosponsored, which would direct President Trump to end military operations in Iran if not explicitly authorized by Congress. “Right now, New Mexicans are paying over $4 for a gallon of...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after voting to block select offensive weapons transfers to Israel. “We need to end Trump’s war with Iran and de-escalate the conflicts in the West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon. These conflicts are destabilizing...

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding answers on whether the Department sufficiently prepared for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz prior to President Trump choosing...

The top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is probing whether the Trump administration adequately planned for the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has roiled energy markets for weeks as the war with Iran drags on. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., in a letter dated Tuesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced Quiana Salazar-King, Esq. is serving as his new State Director. “I’m pleased to welcome Quiana Salazar-King as our new State Director,” said Heinrich. “From working at the New Mexico State Legislature to the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Quiana has dedicated her career to improving...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, met with White Sands Missile Range Senior Commander Colonel Andrew R. Morgan, Command Sergeant Major Hermes F. Acevedo, U.S. Navy Commander Patrick D. Smith, Chief of Staff Patrick Curran, and U.S. Navy Detachment Site Director Abran...

Standing amid vibrant murals and hoop houses, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced the reintroduction of the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act on Thursday at Polk Academy of Agricultural Science. The legislation aims to provide schools nationwide with the resources to transform traditional asphalt playgrounds into living, learning ecosystems...

At age 19, JC Btaiche, the son of a nuclear physicist, decided not to pursue a college degree. Since he was a young boy, he was fascinated by the physics of the cosmos and, eventually, nuclear fusion, which powers the sun and stars — and could promise to bring humanity limitless energy. Now 26, Btaiche is the CEO of a company that has broken half a...

PICTURES ALBUQUERQUE N.M. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Polk Middle School students in Albuquerque to tour their re-envisioned schoolyard and announce introduction of his Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act, legislation to help New Mexico schools transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play,...

In a virtual call with news media on Thursday, New Mexico officials, tribal leaders and advocates said they will mount resistance against a cascade of Trump administration proposals to mine and extract oil and gas on federal public lands within the state. In the last several weeks alone, federal officials began moves to end a ban on oil and gas...