press releases

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the acquisition of the Sulphur Springs property into the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The property contains unique volcanic features such as steaming mud-pots, volcanic fumaroles, and sulphuric-acid hot springs that are rarely found across...

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.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requesting that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) release a plan for next steps to ensure New Mexican...

The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., says it is planning to revisit and overhaul an exhibit on torture after lawmakers argued the display was “sanitizing” depictions of torture and suggesting it was “effective.” BuzzFeed first reported that the museum would aim to make changes to its exhibit by...

ALBUQUERQUE, 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 Thursday, January 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the Recreation Center at Daniel Fernandez Memorial Park in Los Lunas. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $100,000 to gallupARTS to support a digital project to increase public engagement and $750,000 to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate passage of H.R. 925, America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, to reauthorize or establish several critical wildlife conservation programs and address the threats of emerging wildlife diseases and invasive species. The bipartisan legislation includes a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. has responded to a request made by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), all members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, that the museum make changes to its exhibit on the CIA torture program. In December...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), are lauding a grant award of $750,000 to the City of Las Cruces to renovate Apodaca Park. The funding was made available through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) that the lawmakers helped...

WASHINGTON — The International Spy Museum is working on sweeping changes to its controversial torture exhibit following backlash from lawmakers, national security and human rights experts, and former intelligence officials. Last month, three Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote to the museum, accusing it of...

LAS CRUCES - Apodaca Park will receive a $750,000 grant from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund via the National Park Service, which the city of Las Cruces had sought since 2018.  The award was announced Thursday by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall along with U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, all D-NM. The Las Cruces City...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored S.J.Res.63, a war powers resolution to force a debate and vote in Congress to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran. “Everything President Trump and Secretary Pompeo have done in the Middle East has made Iran’s repressive government stronger...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the passing of former Village of Questa Mayor Esther Garcia: “I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Esther Garcia. She spoke from the heart about what conservation of our public lands meant to her and her community. As Mayor of Questa,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to U.S. air strikes that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani: “The use of American military force should never be made lightly. While there is no doubt that Iran plays a hostile role in the region that warrants our constant vigilance,...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Bill Cassidy M.D. (R-La.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) submitted a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, urging the agency transfer 43 chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility on Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Sunday, December 22, at 9 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a medal ceremony for Korean War veteran, Alfred Austen, at the New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial in Albuquerque. Senator Heinrich will honor the military service of U.S. Army Private First Class (PFC) Austen by presenting the...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Tomorrow, Saturday, December 21, from 2-4 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), will hold an event in Alamogordo to celebrate the final passage of legislation he introduced to designate White Sands National Park. Heinrich will share his appreciation for the strong community support for the creation of a new...

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 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...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 19, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced S. 3109, the Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019. The legislation will help bolster the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) interregional transmission planning process. U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that the full Senate has confirmed Judge Kea Whetzal Riggs, by a vote of 94-0, to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Udall and Heinrich issued the following joint statement: “We are pleased to congratulate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 19, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) passed bipartisan legislation to repeal a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as the “Cadillac Tax,” which taxes high-cost health insurance plans and impacts middle-class health benefits. The Middle Class Health...