press releases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Monday, July 2 at 9:30 a.m., U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Albuquerque Complex Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The project will provide a modern, safe, and secure...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would conduct a comprehensive review of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program after U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich sent a letter to the Office of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich voted to advance the Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019. This legislation, which unanimously passed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday, authorizes funding for key intelligence priorities, including programs to address threats...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that counties across New Mexico will receive more than $42.6 million through the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for Fiscal Year 2018. The total is a $4.1 million increase from the total payments the state received last year, helped by the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision inJanus v. AFSCME Council 31 to weaken public employee unions’ ability to negotiate with employers for fair pay, safer working conditions, better benefits, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today on the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court: “Mitch McConnell broke the rules that made 'advice and consent' real in the United States Senate because he was willing to do anything to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced $3.1 million in AmeriCorps funding for New Mexico from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service programs. These grants will put nearly 300 AmeriCorps members on the ground...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured an amendment to improve technology transfer from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) national labs to the private sector. The amendment was included in the fiscal year 2019 spending bill that sets funding for the Department of Energy and passed out of the Senate by an 86-5...

Rural communities hold a special place in my heart. Not only because so many of the New Mexicans I represent live in rural areas, but also because I was raised in rural America. I know firsthand what it’s like to grow up in a small town, seeing both of my parents work long hours just to make ends meet and to provide a better future for my...

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, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Texico Senior Citizen Center and  from 2 to 3 p.m at the La Casa Family Health Center in Portales on...

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 Tuesday, July 3, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Belen Senior Citizen Center. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on the Trump administration’s treatment of children coming across the Southern border.  Following President Trump's Executive Order, new questions have been raised about whether the children who have already...

A slew of political leaders, activists and local community members gathered beneath the hot sun Saturday to slam President Trump’s family separation policy – which has seen a wave of criticism across the nation in the past few weeks and led the President to sign an order stopping the practice for the time being. “I want to thank...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Southwest Chief has hit another bump in the track. KOB uncovered documents revealing exactly what Amtrak management has in store for our state’s largest passenger rail link. In a meeting with Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., along with a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers from...

EL PASO, Texas – The end of the week at the U.S.-Mexico border brought with it more questions, minimal transparency and frustrated politicians. On Friday U.S. Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., were in Tornillo, Texas, where the Trump administration erected tents to house teen boys separated from their families. A building...

EL PASO, Texas (KRQE) - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich visited the border Friday, speaking out against the Trump administration's immigrant detention policies.  "This should've never happened in the first place. These kids should have never been separated from their families. That is the fundamental problem here, and this...

Forty-six million, or 14 percent, of Americans live in rural communities, and 72 percent of land in the United States is considered rural, according to a new report, "Investing in Rural America." The report, drafted by the U.S. Joint Economic Committee, was introduced in a teleconference on Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), who is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, June 22, 2018, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will travel to the Southwest border to hold the Trump Administration accountable for their inhumane policy of separating children from their parents. The senators will visit the site of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Trump's announcement of an executive order on immigration: "President Trump’s decision to take children as young as infants and toddlers away from their parents as a form of punishment or deterrence is morally indefensible. The...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - On Saturday, June 23, at 3 p.m. MT, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a United Against Family Separation Event to stand with New Mexicans in opposition to the Trump Administration separating children from their parents at the U.S-Mexico border. Senator...