press releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that Sandia National Laboratories will receive $2.4 million to identify crops that take in less water, reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, trap carbon deep in the soil, and improve soil quality. The project is being funded through one of the newest programs of the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), will be at in Albuquerque today, Wednesday, December 21, to volunteer at the Roadrunner Food Bank and highlight the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides critically needed new resources for New Mexico and other states struggling to treat and prevent the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Dec. 20, 2016) -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced $25 million in authorized funding for the continuation of the nationwide STARBASE program, which motivates fifth grade students to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will be at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) in Albuquerque on Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m. to announce key advancements secured in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to benefit New Mexico's men and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham responded to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) decision to award the management and operating contract for Sandia National Laboratories to National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia...

ALBUQUERQUE, 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 Veguita on Tuesday, December 20, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Veguita Senior Center and Los Lunas from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Fred Luna Multi-Generational Center. Staff will be...

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed passage of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) -- which includes a facility in Artesia, N.M. -- to ensure that our federal law enforcement officials and first responders are adequately trained for national security...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump's expected nomination of Rick Perry as head of the U.S. Department of Energy: “The Department of Energy is New Mexico’s economic lifeblood, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, made the following statement in response to reports that the Trump transition team is asking the U.S. Department of Energy for the names of federal and national laboratory employees who have worked on climate policy during the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Obama’s decision to maintain the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on the CIA detention and interrogation program in his presidential papers. “The Senate torture report, and the lessons within, are central to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that a bipartisan measure to expedite reimbursements to Tribal, local and state governments for costs incurred in responding to the Gold King Mine spill has passed both Houses of Congress as an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump nominating U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5) to be the Department of the Interior Secretary. Senator Heinrich is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that will vet the nominee. "I look...

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 Friday, December 16, 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...

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 Deming on Wednesday, December 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Luna County Senior Center. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the conference committee that negotiated the final bill, voted for the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Heinrich secured key provisions in the legislation to benefit New Mexico's men and women in...

Washington – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined the Senate in voting 94-5 for a bill that includes critically needed new resources for New Mexico and other states struggling to treat and prevent the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic. The funding was included in bipartisan health care legislation called the...

Washington – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to congressional leaders urging them to include strongly supported reforms to the foster care system in any end-of-year budget agreement. The Family First Prevention Services Act would allow states to use federal foster care funds...

Washington, D.C. – In a letter, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) urged President Obama to take action and protect the young immigrants known as DREAMers from deportation and ensure that they are not targeted by the incoming Trump Administration. In particular, he called on the President to use his presidential pardon power. “I...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that it will not grant the final easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline: "President Obama has just risen to the challenge and listened to all of our voices to reject the current route of the Dakota Access...

TAOS — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., had a strong response to a Utah congressman’s recent suggestion that President-elect Donald Trump should undo national monument designations. “Any admin that tries to reverse 100-year history of #PublicLands that belong to every American, is going to have to do it over my dead body,”...