press releases

SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met with New Mexico National Guard officials in Santa Fe, N.M., to discuss increasing resources for counterdrug efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border and build upon efforts to enable the New Mexico National Guard to become the first Air...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with researchers in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center and was briefed on their work to combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne infectious diseases.  "Zika is a public health emergency that requires a real...

American Indian tribes long have known that their sacred objects and items of cultural patrimony have been showing up in art galleries, on internet sites and in auction house catalogs — often in Europe — eventually ending up in the hands of wealthy international collectors. In the last year, at least 24 items of Acoma Pueblo cultural...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with 29 other senators sent a letter to the Departments of Education and Justice urging the agencies to ensure colleges and universities receiving federal funds adhere to new requirements intended to help prevent sexual violence on campus and increase...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) will unveil the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act at events in Albuquerque, N.M. and Washington, D.C. next week. On Tuesday, July 5, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Senator Heinrich will be joined by tribal leaders to discuss the details of the STOP...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a group of senators in urging House and Senate members negotiating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill to include a provision to enhance U.S. airport and mass transit security. The senators sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Rio Rancho on Monday, July 4, to celebrate Independence Day at the Rio Rancho Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5890 open house and host a flag ceremony to honor our nation's servicemembers and their families. Senator Heinrich will meet with local veterans and military families...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will meet with researchers in the Division of Infectious Diseases and be briefed on their work at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center on Saturday, July 2 in Albuquerque. The meeting will focus on the research underway in New Mexico to combat the Zika virus and other...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) announcement that it has tentatively selected New Mexico Economic Development Department's (NMEDD) application for funding for additional hours of operation for northbound commercial traffic at the Santa Teresa Port...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 127 Members of Congress filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Christiansen v. Omnicom Group, Inc., arguing that workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is already prohibited under the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2016) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling on House and Senate members negotiating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill extension to include a provision he spearheaded to enhance airport and mass transit security. The provision, which passed the Senate in April, would strengthen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act over a provision in the bill that seeks a massive expansion of government surveillance into Americans' email, web browser history, and communication through social media...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce announced that the Village of Ruidoso is receiving $2,461,922 to repair sewer pipes damaged by storms and flooding from Hurricane Dolly in July and August 2008. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding will cover 75 percent of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed news that Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico will receive $4 million to train and re-train hundreds of young and displaced workers for higher-paying information technology jobs in the Albuquerque area.  Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico will use the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), ranking member on the Subcommittee on National Parks, welcomed the designation of the new Stonewall National Monument in Lower Manhattan to commemorate the history of the LGBT movement. The White House announced the designation, which is the first official National Park Service unit...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to receive testimony on a discussion draft entitled Wildfire Budgeting, Response and Forest Management Act of 2016, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) continued his fight for wildfire funding reform and improvements to our nation's forest management system. The...

FARMINGTON — The Navajo Nation has thrown its support behind legislation that would strengthen a federal law that prohibits exporting Native American sacred and traditional items. On Thursday, nine members of the Naa’bik’íyáti’ Committee approved a bill to support the proposal, which Sen....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan compromise U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) helped forge with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to keep guns from terrorists survived an attempt by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reject the legislation in the Senate.  After a majority of the Senate supported the amendment on a procedural vote,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 4-4 in United States v. Texas, the challenge to President Obama's deferred action programs: "Today's decision is disappointing and underscores the urgency of having a fully staffed Supreme Court. This indecision will...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that counties across New Mexico will receive more than $37.7 million through the 2016 Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. The total is a $3.2 million increase from the total payments the state received last year, partly due to the advocacy of Udall and Heinrich. A...