press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, as federal employees prepare to miss yet another paycheck because of the Trump shutdown, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are fighting to ensure that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) takes urgent action to prevent federal employees from losing vision and dental insurance, or...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 22, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a group of Senate Democrats in reintroducing the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2019, a bill to safeguard the private information—such as addresses and telephone numbers—of the young immigrants known as Dreamers to ensure they are not...

Senate Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday to ensure information given to the government by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries isn't used for immigration enforcement. New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) led the bill, dubbed the Dreamer Confidentiality act. “Nearly a million Dreamers across the...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “More than a half century since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, the march for full equality for all Americans is still incomplete. The glaring problems in our national character that he called on us to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 18, 2019) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. “Skyrocketing prescription drug prices have been squeezing families and seniors across New Mexico for far too long,” said Senator...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich urged the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to hold hearings on the tragic deaths of two migrant children in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody. In December alone, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin and 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez died...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to secure back pay for low-wage federal government contractors who continue to go without pay during the ongoing government shutdown, which is now the longest shutdown in American history. The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 17, 2019) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was appointed as the Ranking Member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The subcommittee’s responsibilities include budget and policy oversight of nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, space programs, environmental cleanup...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Wednesday, January 16 at 10 a.m. MT/12 p.m. ET on the Senate steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich will join members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to highlight the devastating effects the Trump Shutdown is having on American workers and families and call on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 15, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich pressed President Trump and congressional Republicans to end their shutdown of the federal government, sounding the alarm about the growing impacts on wildfire preparedness as funding continues to delay critical firefighter training and wildfire prevention...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 15, 2019) — Today, as New Mexico Voices for Children released its annual New Mexico KIDS COUNT Data Book detailing the most recent data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation on child well-being in the state, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) expressed serious concern with the findings and called on state...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 14, 2019) — As President Trump’s shutdown becomes the longest in American history, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) shared some of the stories he’s received from New Mexicans who have been adversely impacted by the shutdown. According to public data, over 10,000 federal workers in New...

New Mexico families are paying the price for the longest government shutdown in American history because President Trump refuses to stop holding our federal workers, our economy and basic government services hostage to his political gamesmanship. Congress has taken the votes to pass a bipartisan solution to reopen the government immediately. In...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - Many federal employees affected by the shutdown are likely concerned that they will not be able to pay their largest bills, mortgages, car loans and even student loans. Now, one of New Mexico's US Senators says he's working on legislation to protect them, while they wait for the government to reopen. Roughly 6,000 federal...

WASHINGTON – As hundreds of thousands of federal workers miss their first paychecks today due to the Trump shutdown, the U.S. Senate passed a bill cosponsored by U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich that ensures that impacted federal and other government workers will receive their back pay. The Government...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act that would protect federal workers and their families from foreclosures, evictions, and loan defaults during a government shutdown. The partial government shutdown, now in its third week, hurts more than 800,000...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2019) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Under current federal law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm. Research...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 8, 2019) — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke on the Senate Floor to highlight the damaging impact the Trump Shutdown is having on communities across New Mexico and to call on the president and Senate Republicans to reopen the government immediately. Already into its 18th day, almost 6,000 federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at approximately 5:00 p.m. MT/ 7:00p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will speak on the Senate floor to highlight the damaging impact the Trump Shutdown is having on communities across New Mexico and call on the president and Senate Republicans to reopen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 3, 2019) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was sworn in for his second term as a U.S. Senator representing New Mexico. In a video to constituents, Senator Heinrich shared his commitment to continue fighting for New Mexico’s values and priorities. "Today, I start my new term in the U.S. Senate and I want you...