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On today's Wake-Up Call, host Tom Trowbridge features Senator Martin Heinrich’s questioning of President Trump’s choice for CIA Director. Also: KSFR's John Shannon reports on an artist who’s working with prosecutors to stop native art and jewelry counterfeiting; Ellen Lockyer has an update from Wednesday's Santa Fe...

WASHINGTON — A day after Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the C.I.A., refused during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday to condemn the agency’s torture of Qaeda suspects, several lawmakers and human-rights advocates said aspects of her testimony merited greater scrutiny. While Ms. Haspel, the agency’s acting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7 a.m. MT/ 9 a.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be a featured panelist with U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) at The Washington Post's Energy 202 Live event to discuss energy priorities, the security of America’s energy grid, and ways to combat...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned Gina Haspel during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmation hearing on her nomination to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). VIDEO: Heinrich Questions CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel In Senate Intel Committee Hearing During the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Steve Pearce wrote to Postmaster General Megan Brennan to thank the United States Postal Service (USPS) for taking the necessary steps to ensure continued mail service in Pie Town, N.M. after announcing last month that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After reviewing the investigation report written by U.S. Attorney and former special prosecutor John Durham regarding the destruction of videotapes by the CIA, known as the Durham report, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Kamala...

Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks with Katy Tur about Wednesday’s confirmation hearing with Gina Haspel, the President’s nominee to lead the CIA.Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks with Katy Tur about Wednesday’s confirmation hearing with Gina Haspel, the President’s nominee to lead the CIA. He’s previously...

WASHINGTON — Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, told lawmakers on Wednesday that she would not restart the agency’s defunct torture program if confirmed to head the CIA — but she refused to weigh in on the morality of the program. Asked several times whether she thought the so-called “enhanced...

Gina Haspel, President Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, told Senators Wednesday that she would not reinstate the brutal torture program the agency ran at black sites after 9/11, pledging to put her moral beliefs ahead of any immoral orders. “I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that I thought was immoral, even if it was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered opening remarks and questioned officials in a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the current status of Puerto Rico’s electric grid and proposals for the future operation of the grid. VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Delivers Opening...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the White Sands National Park Establishment Act, a bill to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico's newest national park.  “The vision to create White Sands National Park has been driven by a diverse coalition of community leaders and local...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran deal: “The President just handed...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal legislators grilled U.S. and Puerto Rico officials on Tuesday on why power has not been fully restored to the island nearly eight months after Hurricane Maria, and as a new storm season looms. Lawmakers at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources also questioned why the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. MT/ 9:30 a.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmation hearing on the nomination of Gina Haspel to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The hearing will begin in open...

Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) said Monday he will not support Gina Haspel to be President Trump’s new CIA director. "This is about trust, and the public is not being afforded an open and honest debate about the nominee," Heinrich told NBC News. "There are questions that absolutely need to be answered publicly, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced on Monday the White Sands National Park Establishment Act, a bill to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico's newest national park. “The vision to create White Sands National Park has been driven by a diverse coalition of community leaders and local elected...

It’s now been seven months since Hurricane Maria shredded Puerto Rico. Thousands Americans on the island still don’t have power, and this year’s hurricane season, expected to be busy, begins in less than a month. Last year’s Category 4 storm that toppled 80 percent of the island’s power lines and flooded its...

Eight months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico’s power grid, causing the largest blackout in U.S. history, more than 98 percent of the people have their power back. The remaining two percent may have to wait a while. Though about 23,000 of the 1.47 million customers remain without power, U.S. officials said Tuesday they plan on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats requesting that all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) information related to any involvement Gina Haspel may have had in the CIA’s...

A key Democratic senator said he would not vote for Gina Haspel, Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, after a meeting Monday at which she failed to satisfactorily answer questions about her background in the agency, an aide said. The meeting with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate intelligence committee, took place in a...