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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), member of the U.S. Senate ENR Committee hosted a press conference on Republicans’ latest effort to repeal the Roadless Rule, which protects nearly 45 million acres of public lands administered...

Numerous members of the Senate Democratic caucus sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, urging it to do more to curb the New World screwworm fly that recently crossed the border. There are seven confirmed cases of the flesh-eating pest in the U.S., six in Texas and one in New Mexico, threatening the region's livestock industry. The...

A last-minute amendment to a bipartisan wildfire bill ignited a fiery spat in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Wednesday before advancing along party lines. The addition getting rid of the 25-year-old Roadless Rule was a "poison pill" for the Democratic minority, including New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich. "One of the...

Eleven senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration on the use of national park entry fees for the president’s “vanity projects,” according to a letter that the lawmakers sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday. The National Park Service plans to spend at least $90 million in entry fee revenue on D.C. beautification and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to introduce the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Fencing Eligibility for New Conservation Equipment (FENCE) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), to allow farmers and ranchers to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for virtual...

WASHINGTON — During a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah) for continuing to advance Republican priorities while leaving bipartisan and Democratic conservation, public...

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Dobbs decision, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act re-introduced by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). This...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led ten Senate Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright opposing DOE’s new High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate (HEEHR) program guidance. The home energy rebate program...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Burgum requesting a briefing from the Department’s Designated Ethics Official (DAO) regarding actions of Karen Budd-Falen, the Department’s Associate...

A measure to return three tracts of land from the former Albuquerque Indian School campus to a trust for New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos passed the U.S. House this week and advanced to its first U.S. Senate Committee. The federal legislation, titled the Albuquerque Indian School Act, would transfer 10 acres of a former boarding school to the Indian Pueblo...

The U.S. Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday after weeks of delays and backlash. Senators voted 52-47 to approve $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years. New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan voted against the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) stood up for New Mexico families by voting against Senate Republicans’ budget bill that fails to address the skyrocketing price of gas, groceries, and everyday essentials — while giving away $70 billion in taxpayer dollars to a lawless U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border...

Video Here  WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement ahead of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge tomorrow, June 5, which will open up the area’s 1.56 million acres for...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced that their Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025, which is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), passed the...

Mental health conditions — including substance use disorders — are the leading cause of preventable maternal death in the United States WASHINIGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the bipartisan, bicameral Moms Matter Act, commonsense legislation to increase investments in maternal mental health programs and better support moms...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) led the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act, legislation to improve Americans’ access to physical therapy and address the healthcare workforce shortage in rural communities. Many communities designated as Health...

Mental health conditions — including substance use disorders — are the leading cause of preventable maternal death in the United States WASHINIGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the bipartisan, bicameral Moms Matter Act, commonsense legislation to increase investments in maternal mental health programs and better support moms...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement opposing President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence: “Bill Pulte lacks the national security experience and judgment required to protect the American people from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden raising strong concerns about the Department's plan to reorganize the Food Safety and Inspection Service...