press releases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a Tuesday discussion with the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) and U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted how President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan would bring much needed infrastructure investments to Tribal nations. PHOTOS: Heinrich...

The Air Force’s newest, state-of-the-art combat search-and-rescue helicopter has been putting in some serious miles in New Mexico skies in recent months. The HH-60W – which bears two names, the “Jolly Green II” and the “Whiskey” – arrived at Kirtland Air Force Base late last year. And it quickly become part...

LAS CRUCES - A church-based shelter in Las Cruces is making preparations in case it needs to care for migrant families who have crossed the border. On Wednesday, leaders at El Calvario United Methodist Church on Campo Street welcomed U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and members of the media to show how the center is preparing in case it receives...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited with the New Mexico National Guard and health care workers that are assisting with efforts to help more New Mexicans receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  PHOTOS: Heinrich Thanks New Mexico National Guard, Health Care Workers Ramping Up Vaccine Distributions In...

A shot of COVID-19 vaccine was plunged into Kristina Zilm’s left arm inside a New Mexico National Guard gym Tuesday afternoon. Just over her right shoulder, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., talked with Guard members about their efforts in distributing vaccines across the state. The senator, during a visit to New Mexico, made his first public...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a group of Senate Democrats introduced the Impact Aid Infrastructure Act (IAIA)  which would provide $1 billion in supplemental funding for school infrastructure construction grants in Fiscal Year 2022 through the Impact Aid program. Similar legislation was introduced in the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commending Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law. The New Mexico Legislature passed the new law during the recent Legislative Session.  “I commend Governor Lujan Grisham, Senators Mimi Stewart and Siah Correa Hemphill,...

WASHINGTON (April 5, 2021) - Beginning today, April 5, 2021, until October 8, 2021, the Office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will accept applications from high school students and recent high school graduates seeking a service academy nomination. Being nominated is a significant honor and the application process is rigorous.  "Each...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) introduced bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) and continue the conservation of local cultural and historic resources through 2036.  Without this critical...

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2021) – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues are asking the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) to include responses to several questions in the ongoing investigation into the Air Force’s decision to base the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement praising the American Jobs Plan:  “I am thrilled that President Biden has placed clean energy and bold investments in America’s infrastructure at the forefront of his plan to build back better. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Margaret Strickland for U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Las Cruces. “We welcome today’s announcement that the Biden administration has accepted our recommendation of...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service during the pandemic, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his next round of Virtual Mobile Office Hours for residents of southern New Mexico. During these online sessions targeting communities across the state, Senator Heinrich’s staff will be...

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratory were poised to develop technology that could lower the cost of solar energy as the industry continued its growth in New Mexico. Sandia was awarded a $25 million grant last week, per a news release from the U.S. Department of Energy, to build a facility for researchers and manufacturers to develop and test...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined former U.S. Secretary of Education John King and child welfare advocates to discuss how the American Rescue Plan will slash child poverty and create long-term economic opportunities for children across the country.  VIDEO: Heinrich Discusses How the American Rescue Plan...

WASHINGTON - Today, Thursday, March 25 at 10 a.m. MT/12 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Vice Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, will join Invest in America for a virtual press conference to discuss how the American Rescue Plan’s public investment will slash child poverty and create long...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led their colleagues in the U.S. Senate in introducing a resolution of disapproval, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), to reinstate Obama-era regulations of methane...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Child advocates believe the American Rescue plan will help children, especially minorities, who suffered during the pandemic. "When we invest in our kids, when we put in the time and the effort and the resources, we're making an investment in their future but also in the future of the entire country," said Sen. Martin Heinrich...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to digitize public land mapping records to increase outdoor recreation and improve hunting and fishing access for sportsmen and women.  The Modernizing Access to our Public Land...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is optimistic about New Mexico’s clean energy future that will create thousands of careers and bring in economic investments, opportunity across the state.  During an event with the New Mexico Solar Energy...