press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 11, 2018 -Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement following the announcement from the Trump administration that it will seek to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule to limit the waste of methane from...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Lawmakers have devised a new plan to keep the Southwest Chief running through New Mexico. U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall are fighting to stop Amtrak from replacing some services with buses. The train currently runs through Raton, Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Gallup and costs $4 million to maintain the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 11, 2018) -  U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) are calling on the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution from U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) to overturn the Trump Administration’s expansion of “junk insurance” plans. Currently, 44 senators have...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced the passage of the Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act by unanimous consent in the Senate. He introduced the bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to streamline scientifically-recognized vegetation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after an announcement from Trump Administration that it is preparing to circumvent limits on the government's detainment of child migrants: "If this Administration thinks treating children and families humanely is too much to ask, then Secretary...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate in voting 85-7 to pass the fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. The bill provides significant support for critical programs and services for New Mexicans, including early...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. After Russia's unprecedented attack on...

Small businesses are the engine of our nation’s economy. But too often they get left behind by federal policies that reflect the priorities of large multinational companies and urban hubs. Last month, my staff hosted a series of roundtables with small business owners. What we heard in communities across the state — from Albuquerque to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement marking Labor Day: "I'm proud that my father was a lineman and a member of the local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union.  Union wages paid for my college tuition and made my family solidly middle class.    "In...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate in voting 85-7 to pass the fiscal year 2019 Defense appropriations bill, which provides critical funding to benefit New Mexico’s economy and national security priorities. The bill includes support for New Mexico’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, introduced the Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018, which would require the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to report how economic growth is distributed across the income spectrum.  This data would help...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a Service Academy Information Night on Wednesday, August 29, in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Senator Heinrich's staff will be on hand to answer questions and give prospective applicants and their families the opportunity to speak with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement regarding the passing of Senator John McCain:  "I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Senator McCain. He was an incredible public servant who put country before party and whose presence in the Senate inspired courageous...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich andU.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded Los Alamos Atomic City Transit $1.485 million through the Low or No Emission Grant Program to purchase new zero-emission battery electric...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen imploring her to reverse course on several anti-immigrant policies implemented by her agency, including by immediately reunifying all children separated at the border by the...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that Navajo Technical University (NTU) was awarded $667,909 by the National Science Foundation to improve broadband connectivity for Native students, expanding...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that they are proposing amendments to the Fiscal Year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill to hold the Trump administration accountable for its family separation policy,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 22, 2018) – In a speech delivered on the Senate Floor today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke out against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.  In his remarks, Senator Heinrich outlined the issues at stake and urged his colleagues to oppose his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced a bipartisan amendment to build and strengthen America’s caregiving workforce. The amendment to the fiscal year 2019...