press releases

Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced a multifaceted election cybersecurity bill Tuesday, including a bug bounty program for systems manufacturers and a grant program for states to upgrade technology.  "While the Intelligence Committee’s investigation is still ongoing, one thing is...

Your bank might want you to give up those paper statements sent in the mail in favor of an app on your smartphone, and your doctor might keep your medical records on a computer instead of in a manila folder. But New Mexico wants to keep your vote on a paper ballot, and a growing number of states are following suit, ditching paperless elections...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 7:30 a.m. MT/ 9:30 a.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will question key officials from Facebook, Twitter and Google during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence open hearing on social media influence in the 2016 U.S. elections. This hearing is the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced bipartisan legislation to protect American election systems from foreign interference. The Securing America's Voting Equipment (SAVE) Act would help safeguard voting systems,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of Western senators today urging the White House and the White House budget office to fulfill the federal government’s promise to rural communities by extending a critical lifeline that funds road repairs, schools and law enforcement in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act, a commonsense bill that simplifies the implementation of two upcoming regulations that could pass on new costs to millions of American consumers if left unchanged. There are currently two...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, October 31, at 10:00 a.m. MT/12:00 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver will host a press teleconference to discuss protecting U.S. election infrastructure and unveil bipartisan legislation...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a group of 11 Democratic senators in writing to Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke requesting that he withdraw his proposal to dramatically increase national park entrance fees, especially while he proposes to cut the National Park Service budget by over...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an op-ed today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called on Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to withdraw a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) directing federal regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create rules that would favor coal and nuclear plants that are no longer the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are original cosponsors of the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to the sale or transfer of all firearms by private sellers, with certain reasonable exceptions. Under current law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 26, 2017) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s order to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency: “The opioid and heroin addiction epidemic is a national crisis that has been deeply felt by New Mexicans. Too many families have lost loved...

Amid its clear penchant for ignoring the facts and scientific analysis to promote a political agenda, the Trump administration’s decision to force American consumers to bail out uncompetitive coal-fired and nuclear power plants should come as no surprise. However, the destabilizing consequences and fact-free nature of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - To address a number of critical shortcomings in our nation’s approach to combating the opioid epidemic, including the Administration’s unwillingness to make a long-term investment in the fight, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is continuing to lead efforts to ensure that the information provided by individuals as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is protected and not used for enforcement purposes. Senator Heinrich, along with U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Bob Menendez...

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) today introduced the State Public Option Act, bicameral legislation to create a Medicaid-based public health care option on the insurance marketplace, which will provide Americans with a new high-quality, low-cost choice when purchasing health...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, voted against advancing the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017. The bill passed the committee by a vote of 12-3. "I strongly support the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and specifically section...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement regarding the retirement of U.S. Senator Jeff Flake: “The Senate will be worse off without Jeff Flake’s honesty, integrity and willingness to speak his mind. We should all fear the ramifications of a system which seems to be driving people of his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced bipartisan legislation they are cosponsoring that reforms a sweeping, secretive government spying program to protect the constitutional rights of Americans, while giving intelligence agencies authority to target foreign terrorists, criminals, and other...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discusses how the Republican budget will hurt working families in New Mexico. October 23, 2017.

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 Truth or Consequences on Monday, October 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Truth or Consequences Senior Center. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding...