press releases

Clovis, N.M. — In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours at Clovis Community College on Monday, September 15th at 10:00 a.m. MT. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare,...

Heinrich: “No where in the United States of America should anyone be detained for the way they look or how they speak. It doesn’t matter what job they work or where they are in their hometown” “I will fight like hell to protect the freedoms I know New Mexicans deserve” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) led colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Leader John Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson, and additional chairs and ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for the completion of current outstanding water...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, bipartisan legislation that will expand health care coverage and benefits for first responders who become permanently disabled from service-related cancers and the families of those who pass away from these cancers. The bill is led by U.S. Senators...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 39 Senate Democrats to press U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration’s wrongful targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in its cruel mass deportation scheme. The senators cited a...

WASHINGTON — 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.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $21,239,759 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for upgrades at airports across New Mexico. These grants are funded by Congress...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider Laura Swett and David LaCerte for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, grilled the nominees on the agency’s independence and the importance of approving clean energy...

Heinrich: “RFK Jr. should resign” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 22 Senate Democrats to file a Resolution of Disapproval that states the Senate and the American people have zero confidence in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to serve as U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) and that he must resign or be...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act, legislation to promote transparency in residency criteria for medical school graduates obtaining a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) and increase matching rates to address physician shortages...

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider Laura Swett and David LaCerte for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, sounded the alarm on the Trump Administration’s attacks on the agency’s...

WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Senate markup, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the TRICARE Travel Improvement Act, legislation to ensure active-duty servicemembers and their families can be reimbursed for traveling for medical care. Currently, families stationed at White...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement honoring Labor Day. “Today we honor American workers – the people who build our country and keep it running. “I grew up in a union home. My father was a proud IBEW lineman, and his union wages helped me go to school, helped our family afford a home, and provided...

Heinrich & Luján fight for affordable child care while Trump & Republicans attack Head Start & cut federal child care programs to give massive tax handouts to billionaires WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, joined U.S. Senators...

WASHINGTON As temperatures climbed to historic levels once again this summer, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), announced legislation that would implement workplace heat stress protections in New Mexico and nationwide. “Every day, thousands of New Mexicans work to maintain our grid, build our roads, care for our...

Introduction of the Women’s Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman’s right to choose and toward a national abortion ban WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of...

WASHINGTON — Following recent reporting that new, internal policies in the Trump Administration — implemented via presidential executive orders and the President’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) — are delaying and reducing patient care at Gallup Indian Medical Center, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S....

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led 12 Democratic senators in reintroducing the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, legislation that aims to support middle-class Americans purchasing their first home. The bill would establish a refundable tax credit worth up to 10 percent...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act to support research and development (R&D) investments by innovative small businesses and startups. Currently, companies and startups investing in R&D can claim tax incentives that help them to invest in...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined his colleagues U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in introducing legislation to make it easier for veterans who struggle with infertility to build their families. The Veteran Families...