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GREENWIRE | Bipartisan legislation introduced today would make it easier for nonprofits and other outfits to help clean up abandoned hardrock mines by wiping away past liabilities for acquiring the sites. The bill, authored by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), would clarity that so-called good Samaritans — potential property owners looking...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 1, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a full hearing to examine state of U.S. territories – including Puerto Rico.  VIDEO: Heinrich Urges Congress To Respond To Will Of Puerto Ricans [HD DOWNLOAD LINK...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 1, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement wishing U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján a full and speedy recovery: "My thoughts are with Senator Luján, who I am fortunate to count as both a colleague and a friend. I know that all of my fellow Senators and our constituents in New...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2022) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed $43.7 million in the first phase of funding available to New Mexico from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced over $1.4 million in FY21 grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Tribal Transit Program (TTP) being awarded to five New Mexico Tribes. Tribes may...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (SWRCC) and Carpenters Local 1319 to highlight how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will create good-paying union jobs and economic opportunity for working families in New Mexico. PHOTOS: Heinrich...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Funding will go to 11 Tribal and...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 26, 2022) — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Alexander M.M. Uballez for U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico.  “We are very pleased that President Biden accepted our strong recommendation to nominate Alexander M.M....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Thursday, January 27, at 4:15 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will host a press conference with the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters and Carpenters Local 1319 to highlight how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will create union job and economic opportunities for working families...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined more than 190 congressional Democrats in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Led by Chairman Tom Carper of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Chair Kathy Castor of the House Select...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Wednesday, January 26 at 1:30 p.m. MT/3:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), cofounder of the Electrification Caucus and member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will participate in a webinar hosted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment that will highlight some of the...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $1 million in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) across New Mexico. These EDA planning investments...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming almost $5 million in Indian Community Development Block Grants (ICDBG) to support Tribal housing projects in New Mexico. The funding, made possible by the American Rescue Plan, will be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allocating over $60 million to New Mexico projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), is highlighting how the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and investing in early childhood education and broadband infrastructure can support New Mexico families and lift current and future generations out of...

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) led a bipartisan group of eight senators Thursday asking President Biden not to extend Trump-era tariffs on imported solar panels. The Section 201 tariffs, set to expire Feb. 6, have cost more than 62,000 American clean-energy jobs, according to the senators, citing the Solar Energies Industry...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich made a visit to Valencia County Tuesday, with stops in both Los Lunas and Belen, to gauge the impact of infrastructure dollars he helped bring into the area. “Valencia County is a really good transportation hub. You have places where you can build, you have access to rail, you have the highway system and you have...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is applauding the House Natural Resources Committee for advancing the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act by a vote of 29 to 15.  Senator Heinrich’s landmark bipartisan legislation, that now has over 32 bipartisancosponsors in the Senate, will be...

WASHINGTON (Jan. 18, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited with local officials and business leaders to highlight how historic investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are creating jobs and economic opportunity while positively impacting New Mexico airports, roads, and bridges. PHOTOS: Heinrich Touts...

BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is going to benefit from the federal infrastructure package passed by Congress. Senator Martin Heinrich was in Belen on Tuesday to talk about where some of that money is going. New Mexico airports to receive $18M from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Heinrich chose to visit the Belen Municipal Airport...