press releases

PHOTOS WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hosted a congressional briefing on developments in manufacturing electric vehicles and their supply chains in the United States, from batteries to electric school buses. PHOTOS: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 24 Democratic senators called on President Trump to put veterans first and immediately exempt all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees from the hiring freeze he issued on Monday. In a letter to Trump, the senators stressed concerns about the negative impact the hiring freeze will have...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to block Republicans’ legislation that would have required medical providers to override their professional judgment and strip grieving families of the freedom to make their own health care decisions. A procedural vote on the measure failed to receive...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) commend the Honorable James O. Browning, who has announced his intention to retire from regular active service effective February 2026, after 22 years of distinguished service as a United States District Court Judge for the District of New Mexico. “Judge Browning has a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is welcoming $1,350,000 in federal funding that he secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process for the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 (U.A. Local 412). The funding will support specialized journeyman...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Trump’s day one Executive Orders: “President Trump’s Executive Orders are wrong-headed, incendiary, and divisive. Instead of fighting for working families and lowering costs, he has spent his first day issuing orders that attack birthright citizenship...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting against legislation that would reallocate resources away from addressing violent crime and keeping communities safe and allow state attorneys general to second-guess federal immigration decisions, even on individual cases:  “If you commit a violent...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 20.  “Today, in the same building where lawmakers passed major civil rights legislation borne out of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work — the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced a $5.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Interior for New Mexico to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells. This investment to address hazardous sites will create good-paying union...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) announced the long-awaited repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe items currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands back to their home in El Paso, Texas. The legislators have worked with the U.S....

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.) are welcoming $17,137,326 — a 5.3% increase from last year — from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care program to...

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf regarding the continued presence of unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems and illicit vaping products among vendors at large trade shows...

VIDEO WASHINGTON - During a hearing to consider Governor Doug Burgum’s for the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, received commitments from Burgum to seek critical input from local leaders and stakeholders, and consult with Tribal leaders before...

VIDEO WASHINGTON – During his opening remarks to consider Governor Doug Burgum for the U.S. Secretary of Interior, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, emphasized the need for the U.S. Secretary of Interior to protect our nation’s public lands, waters, and wildlife and...

VIDEO: Heinrich Delivers Opening Remarks in Hearing to Consider Wright for Energy Secretary WASHINGTON – During his opening remarks to consider Chris Wright for the U.S. Secretary of Energy, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, stressed the need for the U.S. Secretary of...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the ceasefire and hostage deal reached between Israel and Hamas: "I applaud President Biden and his administration’s extensive diplomatic efforts for securing a ceasefire deal to finally put an end to this brutal war, reunite families with their loved ones taken...

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, published an op-ed in The Hill on the importance of protecting America's public lands. Full text of the op-ed can be found below or read online, here. Our public lands are not for sale By U.S. Senator Martin...

VIDEO: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Martin Heinrich questions Secretary of Energy Nominee Chris Wright during confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025. WASHINGTON — During Chris Wright’s confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Energy, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee...

WASHINGTON – 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.), and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $120 million for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project using funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s...

EXPLORE Act includes Heinrich’s bills to improve the permitting process for outfitters and to provide all American fourth graders and their families free national park access WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced today that two of his bipartisan bills — the...