Press Releases

December 2nd, 2025

N.M. Delegation Presses USDA to Refund New Mexico $30 Million for Shutdown Food Stamps Lapse

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to demand...

December 2nd, 2025

Heinrich Secures Commitment from U.S. Forest Service to Visit and Meet with New Mexicans in Pecos Valley, Slams Administration for Repealing Roadless Rule

VIDEO HERE WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, secured a commitment from U.S. Forest Service Acting Associate Chief Christopher French to host a public forum...

November 25th, 2025

Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Introduce Legislation to Fulfill Taos Pueblo Water Rights Settlement

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S> Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, along with U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), introduced the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act, legislation that provides more funding, flexibility, and oversight...

November 24th, 2025

Heinrich, Bennet, Hickenlooper, Luján Urge Trump Administration to Protect Taxpayers and Ensure Oil and Gas Companies Pay for Site Cleanup

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) urged U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acting Director Bill Groffy to maintain...

November 24th, 2025

Heinrich, Luján, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA on Unnecessary SNAP Reapplications

In a letter to the USDA, the senators assert that the Trump Administration's plan is duplicative of existing programs rules, increases red tape, and will unnecessarily inhibit access to SNAP benefits Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and...

November 21st, 2025

Heinrich Hosts Roundtable to Underscore How Trump’s Cuts to the Public Lands Workforce & Refusal to Lower the Cost of Health Care is Harming New Mexico Families

Photos here ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, hosted two roundtables in Albuquerque to underscore how President Trump’s cuts to the public lands workforce and Congressional Republicans’ refusal...

November 21st, 2025

Heinrich, Luján Host Press Conference with Pueblo Leaders on Next Steps to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon

Photos here WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), hosted...

November 21st, 2025

ICYMI: Heinrich Blasts Congressional Republicans for Doubling Down on Legislation that Threatens Public Lands

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor, blasting Republicans for their latest effort to use a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to upend Resource Management Plans (RMPs). If signed into law, this...

November 21st, 2025

Heinrich, Lee Back DOE Proposal Requiring FERC Action on Large-Load Grid Connections

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Committee, issued a bipartisan letter supporting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) taking up the issue of how to better manage the interconnection of new energy...

November 20th, 2025

VIDEO: Senate Republicans Block Heinrich’s Attempt to Repeal Pay-Out Provisions for Senators

Heinrich took to the floor to pass legislation, unanimously passed in the House, to repeal a last-minute provision allowing Republican senators to collect $500,000 per lawfully subpoenaed phone record Video here WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the...

November 19th, 2025

Heinrich Questions Experts on Resource Management Plans, and Dangerous Impact of Recently Passed Legislation that Limits Public Input

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) affects permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure projects on public lands, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.),...

November 19th, 2025

Heinrich Emphasizes the Importance of Creating Land Management Plans that Balance Preservation of Public Lands and Permitting Processes

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process impacts permitting under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, emphasized the...

November 19th, 2025

KOAT: $202M in federal funds secured for 2026 NM projects

— by Hamilton Kahn

WASHINGTON — Both houses of Congress and the executive branch of government may be in the hands of the Grand Old Party, but despite that, more than $200 million in federal funds are coming to New Mexico for 2026 projects, thanks to Democratic Sens. Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich. Somehow, Lujan and Heinrich were able to secure $202,188,000 in...

November 19th, 2025

E&E News: Lee, Heinrich press FERC on data center grid connections

— by Josh Siegel

Energy and Natural Resource Chair Sen. Mike Lee and ranking member Martin Heinrichsent a letter Tuesday to members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionexpressing support for the Trump administration’s push to quickly connect datacenters to interstate transmission grids. Their joint outreach to FERC, shared first with POLITICO, shows two...

November 19th, 2025

Nextgov: New Mexico unveils quantum telecom network

— by Alexandra Kelley

New Mexico announced its first quantum physics-powered telecommunications network, a joint effort from both public and private investment into outfitting the state with a quantum-ready infrastructure. On Wednesday, quantum telecommunications hardware company Qunnect and the state of New Mexico unveiled ABQ-Net — headquartered in Albuquerque — as a...

November 18th, 2025

Heinrich Unveils Anti-Cash Grab Act to Repeal Provision Allowing Senators to Sue with Taxpayer Dollars

Watch video here WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch and a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, appeared on MS Now’s Chris Jansing Reports today to unveil the Anti-Cash Grab Act, legislation that will repeal a provision —...

November 18th, 2025

Heinrich, Luján Applaud Senate Passage of Epstein Files Transparency Act

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded unanimous passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation led by Luján and cosponsored by Heinrich, to release the Epstein files and ensure full transparency for the American people, accountability for those involved with Epstein, and justice for...

November 18th, 2025

Heinrich, Luján Demand Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Trump's Shutdown

Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Office of Management and...

November 18th, 2025

New Mexico Political Report: ‘Corruption of the highest degree’: Heinrich, Leger Fernández start repeal of $500,000 payout provisions for senators

— by Alex Ross

Two members of the New Mexico congressional delegation are taking the lead in repealing a provision of the recently passed government funding bill that allows senators to receive payments whose phone records were accessed by Jan. 6 investigators without their knowledge. In the U.S. Senate, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-NM, and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ,...

November 18th, 2025

MS Now:Trump ‘has all the power in the world’ to release Epstein files: Sen. Heinrich

Right now, the House is debating ahead of their vote to compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files. If passed, it will move to the Senate where Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) has yet to say whether he will put it up for a vote. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) joins Chris Jansing to discuss the fallout.

N.M. Delegation Presses USDA to Refund New Mexico $30 Million for Shutdown Food Stamps Lapse

Heinrich Secures Commitment from U.S. Forest Service to Visit and Meet with New Mexicans in Pecos Valley, Slams Administration for Repealing Roadless Rule

Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Introduce Legislation to Fulfill Taos Pueblo Water Rights Settlement

Heinrich, Bennet, Hickenlooper, Luján Urge Trump Administration to Protect Taxpayers and Ensure Oil and Gas Companies Pay for Site Cleanup

Heinrich, Luján, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA on Unnecessary SNAP Reapplications

Heinrich Hosts Roundtable to Underscore How Trump’s Cuts to the Public Lands Workforce & Refusal to Lower the Cost of Health Care is Harming New Mexico Families

Heinrich, Luján Host Press Conference with Pueblo Leaders on Next Steps to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon

ICYMI: Heinrich Blasts Congressional Republicans for Doubling Down on Legislation that Threatens Public Lands

Heinrich, Lee Back DOE Proposal Requiring FERC Action on Large-Load Grid Connections

VIDEO: Senate Republicans Block Heinrich’s Attempt to Repeal Pay-Out Provisions for Senators

Heinrich Questions Experts on Resource Management Plans, and Dangerous Impact of Recently Passed Legislation that Limits Public Input

Heinrich Emphasizes the Importance of Creating Land Management Plans that Balance Preservation of Public Lands and Permitting Processes

KOAT: $202M in federal funds secured for 2026 NM projects

E&E News: Lee, Heinrich press FERC on data center grid connections

Nextgov: New Mexico unveils quantum telecom network

Heinrich Unveils Anti-Cash Grab Act to Repeal Provision Allowing Senators to Sue with Taxpayer Dollars

Heinrich, Luján Applaud Senate Passage of Epstein Files Transparency Act

Heinrich, Luján Demand Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Trump's Shutdown

New Mexico Political Report: ‘Corruption of the highest degree’: Heinrich, Leger Fernández start repeal of $500,000 payout provisions for senators

MS Now:Trump ‘has all the power in the world’ to release Epstein files: Sen. Heinrich