press releases

ROSWELL, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours on Monday, October 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the La Casa Family Health Center Auditorium in Portales. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Oct. 9, 2019) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced the Youth Climate Change Challenge. He is inviting New Mexico students from grades K-12 to submit drawings, paintings, poetry, and short essays about what the climate crisis means for them. Senator Heinrich will visit the classrooms of the first-place...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 9, 2019) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich signed an amicus brief supporting equal rights for LGBTQ employees, in three cases where high-performing employees were fired once their bosses discovered their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Supreme Court began oral arguments this week in three...

SANTA FE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours on Wednesday, October 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mosquero Municipal School in Mosquero during the Harding County Health Fair. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Today, Thursday, October 3, in Deming, and on Friday, October 4, in Las Cruces, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will address the ongoing harm and fallout of the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policies that have affected thousands of asylum seekers in New Mexico. Senator Heinrich will recognize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 3, 2019) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today requested that any end-of-year legislation include at least a two-year reauthorization of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) programs. Both of these vital programs ensure New...

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Tomorrow, Thursday, October 3, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. MT, in Silver City, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver opening remarks at the New Mexico Outdoor Economics Conference. The event is designed to highlight successful community economic development efforts in New Mexico and across the country that...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), lead Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined a group of Senate Democrats urging U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary David Bernhardt to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – TODAY, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver opening remarks at “Celebrating Culture: Workshops Supporting New Mexico Arts and Culture,” at the Albuquerque Museum. He will then tour De Smet Dairy in Bosque Farms as part of his ongoing New Mexico Local Food Tour. Later...

SANTA FE; ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver opening remarks to kick off a series of events, “Celebrating Culture: Workshops Supporting New Mexico Arts and Culture,” at 1 p.m. MT TODAY, September 30, in Santa Fe; and 10 a.m. MT TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 1, in Albuquerque. Senator Heinrich is...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $2,982,779 to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 27, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Ambassador Joe Wilson: "Joe Wilson was a dear friend and a true statesman dedicated to serving our country at home and abroad. My thoughts are with his family as they mourn Joe's passing and we honor his...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small, wrote to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Vicki Christiansen pressing the agency to take immediate action to comply with the law and allow the resumption of traditional forest activities on...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) led a group of 39 lawmakers in calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to support...

SANTA FE; ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver opening remarks to kick off a series of events, “Celebrating Culture: Workshops Supporting New Mexico Arts and Culture,” at 1 p.m. MT on Monday, September 30, 2019, in Santa Fe; and 10 a.m. MT on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, in Albuquerque. Senator...

ROSWELL, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours on Wednesday, October 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center in Tucumcari and on Thursday, October 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Eastern Plain Council of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 25, 2019) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, issued the following statement on the transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky released today: “This transcript is hard evidence that President Trump is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 24, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), co-founder of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, was a featured speaker at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C. Senator Heinrich was interviewed by The Atlantic contributor John Donvan as part of a series titled, “Military Readiness in the Age...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 23, 2019) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) and 10 other senators on Friday in sending a letter encouraging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to prioritize a reduction in pecan tariffs as the Trump Administration continues trade negotiations with India. New...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 23, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today sent a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire demanding that a whistleblower complaint detailing an issue of urgent concern be relayed to Congress, as required by law. “U.S....