press releases

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours on Wednesday, March 21, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Mescalero Community Center and on Friday, March 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lordsburg Senior Center and from 1 to...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M), vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) urged Senate leaders to prioritize robust, direct funding to Tribal communities to address the ongoing opioid epidemic in Native American communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a group of Democratic Senators in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warning against cuts to a critical mass transit security program that safeguards Americans while traveling, especially in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in support of student's calling for action on gun violence: “Like so many Americans, I have been deeply moved by the high school students and young people across the nation who have spoken out after losing classmates and friends to gun violence, and are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to nominate Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to serve as CIA Director. This decision comes after President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and announced he...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) urged Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross not to approve additional tariffs on newsprint, which could devastate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the face of the opioid epidemic that is ravaging communities and gun violence that is endangering the health and wellbeing of America’s youth, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling for stronger federal investments that enhance student health and safety. In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours in Sunland Park on Wednesday, March 14, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Sunland Park City Hall. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits,...

More than $11 billion in maintenance projects at national parks across the country are awaiting completion. New Mexico’s 15 national parks have about $123 million in total deferred maintenance. And about a third of that is being spent at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, for its elevator modernization project. To address the national backlog...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced a resolution to celebrate and recognize the heritage, culture and contributions of Latinas in New Mexico and throughout the United States during National Women’s History Month.    "New Mexico's rich history has been written in large...

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a group of Democratic senators in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urging DHS to expedite the processing of DACA renewal applications. In January and February, two United States District Courts issued preliminary...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) bipartisan Energy Technology Maturation Act was passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The legislation, cosponsored by Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned witnesses during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on the security clearance process for both government and industry alike. Senator Heinrich raised concerns about the rules governing interim Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearances,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today introduced the Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018, legislation to increase access to and participation in colorectal cancer screenings. The bipartisan bill would make colorectal cancer screenings eligible for reimbursement through...

A bipartisan group of senators is pressing President Trump to issue a national strategy for deterring malicious activity in cyberspace “as soon as possible,” accusing successive administrations of not giving enough urgency to the issue. “The lack of decisive and clearly articulated consequences to cyberattacks...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), led a group of bipartisan Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee urging the completion and announcement of our nation’s cyber deterrence strategy.  In a letter to President Trump, the senators emphasized the urgent need for a cyber deterrence strategy,...

President Trump’s border wall is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with his administration. The heated rhetoric about our border region coming from the White House is wildly out of touch with the realities of our experiences in New Mexico. I’m familiar with nearly every mile of our state’s border with Mexico. A $25 billion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to address the maintenance backlog at our national parks. The National Park Restoration Act will help restore and rebuild roads, buildings, campgrounds, trails and water...

John Garcia feels the playing field has been leveled. The New Mexico district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration believes Sandia National Laboratories' decision to launch a 5 percent pricing preference for qualified companies will "light the fuse and ignite the flame" for small businesses in New Mexico. Potentially, $100...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded New Mexico’s Colfax County a $16 million grant to replace segments of aging rail line on which...