press releases

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...

Senate Democrats plan to deploy an obscure but powerful legislative weapon in the coming weeks to try to quickly reinstate a major Obama-era climate change rule that the Trump administration had effectively eliminated. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, is expected next month to invoke the 1996 Congressional Review...

WASHINGTON – 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.) are calling on the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to consider the Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW) designation for the Upper Pecos Watershed to safeguard the promise of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate to introduce the Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act, known as the REPLANT Act, to help the U.S. Forest Service plant 1.2 billion trees on...

As the son of an immigrant, I know firsthand the promise that America represents for those seeking to build a better life. For our country’s entire history, immigrants have overcome incredible adversity and discrimination to play a vital role in this nation’s success. The way we treat immigrants, refugees, and those seeking asylum shows...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the deadly shootings that killed eight people overnight in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area: “Last night’s deadly assault against six Asian women in Georgia have left the families and friends of the victims and Asian American communities across...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined members of the National Indian Education Association in a virtual discussion on how the Bureau of Indian Education and Tribally-controlled schools have been impacted by the pandemic. In the recently-passed American Rescue Plan, Senator Heinrich helped secure $1.1 billion for Native...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on reforming Senate rules and ending the filibuster: “The filibuster should be abolished or, at the very least, reformed to force senators to physically hold the floor to extend debate. “Too often the filibuster has been used to block our country’s...