Press Releases

September 15th, 2020

VIDEO: In Floor Speech, Heinrich Slams Trump Environmental Record, Calls For Removal Of Pendley From Bureau Of Land Management

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor to decry President Donald Trump’s destructive record on the environment and call for the removal of William Perry Pendley from his “acting” leadership role at...

September 14th, 2020

N.M. Delegation Warns Census Bureau’s Current Operation Could Result In Undercount, Costing N.M. Hundreds of Millions In Federal Funding

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small are raising concerns in a letter to U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham about the Census Bureau’s ongoing operational strategy and engagement with the state of New Mexico. The...

September 14th, 2020

WEDNESDAY: Gila River Wild & Scenic Designation And Cerro De La Olla Wilderness Bills To Be Considered In Key Hearing

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, September 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET/ 12:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will participate in a Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing on bills he introduced to designate portions of the Gila River as Wild and Scenic and...

September 11th, 2020

NM Delegation Secures Funding To Increase Pipeline Safety Across New Mexico

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...

September 11th, 2020

NM politicians urge residents to complete census

— by Anthony Jackson

There are just under three weeks left until the deadline for the 2020 census and at a cumulative response rate of 81.5%, according to data from the Census Bureau, New Mexico is progressing toward its goal of a full count. Still, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of the state’s congressional delegation – Sens. Martin Heinrich and...

September 11th, 2020

New Mexico governor, congressional delegation sound alarm over census

— by Robert Nott

It’s not just the federal money New Mexico would lose if state residents are severely undercounted this year. It’s about “everything we touch,” said U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., during a Thursday conference call on the census. “Those dollars signs equate to people not getting health care, which equates to people...

September 10th, 2020

N.M. Delegation, Governor Sound Alarm On Trump Administration’s Decision To End Census Early

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small, and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s decision to end Census field data collection activities by September 30, 2020—one month...

September 9th, 2020

NM Delegation Announces Over $8.3 Million in Grants to 18 Airports Across the State

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded over $8.3 million in grants to 18 New Mexico...

September 9th, 2020

Udall and Heinrich to DeJoy: Postal Delays Are Harming Small Businesses During Pandemic

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 25 senators in a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressing him about recent changes to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that caused delivery delays and increased costs for small businesses already struggling with lost revenue during the...

September 9th, 2020

Federal Legislation to Expand Tribal Access to Affordable High-Speed Internet, Create $100M Pilot Broadband Program

WASHINGTON — New bipartisan federal legislation to narrow the “digital divide” in Indian Country would expand access to an existing broadband internet service used by schools and libraries. The Tribal Connect Act, introduced in late August by Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Martha McSally, R-Ariz., and U.S. Reps. Ben Ray...

September 8th, 2020

Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Hail $2.5 Million Investment in Carlsbad and Artesia to Support Small Businesses and Economic Growth

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Henrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced the city of Carlsbad and Artesia will receive over $2.5 million from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) as local economies continue to respond and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic....

September 8th, 2020

Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues Call for Updated Energy Efficiency Standards

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and nine Senate Democratic colleagues are raising concerns over the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) failure to update key national energy efficiency standards for consumer and commercial appliances. The DOE has yet to review 26 of the energy efficiency standards, despite the mandate...

September 3rd, 2020

Bipartisan, Bicameral Tribal Connect Act Introduced To Increase High-Speed Internet Access In Indian Country

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) have introduced the Tribal Connect Act, legislation to improve broadband connectivity in Indian Country. The bicameral, bipartisan bill would increase access to...

August 31st, 2020

Udall, Heinrich to Trump Administration: Stop Putting Politics Ahead of Public Health in COVID-19 Response

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 32 Senate Democrats to denounce the Trump administration’s continued political interference in the COVID-19 pandemic response. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, the senators warned that decisions to pressure...

August 31st, 2020

NM Delegation Applauds Over $13.6 Million in Grants to Airports Across the State

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applauded $13,650,443 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to 10 New Mexico airports for infrastructure improvements and redevelopment. The funds are...

August 28th, 2020

Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Applaud Grants to Improve Water Access in Doña Ana County

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applauded the combined $100,000 in Community Facilities Grants awarded to the Doña Ana Mutual Domestic Water Consumer Association by USDA-Rural Development to maintain reliable water...

August 26th, 2020

NM Lawmakers Urge Interior Department to Extend Public Process for Proposed Chaco Canyon Drilling Plans During Pandemic

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) urged the Trump administration to extend the period for public input and delay onsite inspections for the draft Farmington Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA)– which includes...

August 25th, 2020

Heinrich, Climate Crisis Committee Release New Report On Climate Action, Plan To Build Clean Economy For American People

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with fellow members of the Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a comprehensive report on the climate crisis titled, “The Case for Climate Action: Building a Clean Economy for the American People.” The new report – which comes after dozens...

August 25th, 2020

NM Delegation Applauds Space Exploration Grants to UNM, NMSU, Navajo Technical College

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applaud nearly $2.3 million in combined awards from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to New Mexico universities for fellowships...

August 25th, 2020

NM Delegation Urges Postmaster General to Restore Equipment and Account for Recent Changes to USPS Operations In New Mexico

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) raised concerns to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about recent changes to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) operations and the removal of critical...

VIDEO: In Floor Speech, Heinrich Slams Trump Environmental Record, Calls For Removal Of Pendley From Bureau Of Land Management

N.M. Delegation Warns Census Bureau’s Current Operation Could Result In Undercount, Costing N.M. Hundreds of Millions In Federal Funding

WEDNESDAY: Gila River Wild & Scenic Designation And Cerro De La Olla Wilderness Bills To Be Considered In Key Hearing

NM Delegation Secures Funding To Increase Pipeline Safety Across New Mexico

NM politicians urge residents to complete census

New Mexico governor, congressional delegation sound alarm over census

N.M. Delegation, Governor Sound Alarm On Trump Administration’s Decision To End Census Early

NM Delegation Announces Over $8.3 Million in Grants to 18 Airports Across the State

Udall and Heinrich to DeJoy: Postal Delays Are Harming Small Businesses During Pandemic

Federal Legislation to Expand Tribal Access to Affordable High-Speed Internet, Create $100M Pilot Broadband Program

Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Hail $2.5 Million Investment in Carlsbad and Artesia to Support Small Businesses and Economic Growth

Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues Call for Updated Energy Efficiency Standards

Bipartisan, Bicameral Tribal Connect Act Introduced To Increase High-Speed Internet Access In Indian Country

Udall, Heinrich to Trump Administration: Stop Putting Politics Ahead of Public Health in COVID-19 Response

NM Delegation Applauds Over $13.6 Million in Grants to Airports Across the State

Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Applaud Grants to Improve Water Access in Doña Ana County

NM Lawmakers Urge Interior Department to Extend Public Process for Proposed Chaco Canyon Drilling Plans During Pandemic

Heinrich, Climate Crisis Committee Release New Report On Climate Action, Plan To Build Clean Economy For American People

NM Delegation Applauds Space Exploration Grants to UNM, NMSU, Navajo Technical College

NM Delegation Urges Postmaster General to Restore Equipment and Account for Recent Changes to USPS Operations In New Mexico