press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Armed Services Committee delivered the keynote address at the Albuquerque Press Women and League of Women Voters luncheon where he discussed balancing civil liberties with national security in a digital age. Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the Air Force's announcement to expand the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) mission at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The expansion will increase the rate of student production from 603 pilots and sensor operator...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, October 9, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will address the Albuquerque Press Women and League of Women Voters and present medals to a World War II veteran in Albuquerque. At the Albuquerque Press Women and League of Women Voters luncheon, Senator Heinrich, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and...

Saturday, October 10, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich will join U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, and Tribal, state and local officials at a celebration welcoming the Valles Caldera National Preserve into the National Park Service (NPS). Oct. 1 marked Valles Caldera’s official transition...

PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich receives a briefing from U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell and other U.S. Forest Service officials at the U.S. Forest Service Incident Command Center in Washington, D.C., October 7, 2015. [High-Resolution Photo]  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the need for bipartisan, commonsense solutions to reduce gun violence in America: "It is no secret that I am a passionate outdoorsman, hunter, and supporter of the Second Amendment.  It is my firmly held belief that law-abiding citizens should be...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted to pass the conference report for the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. Senator Heinrich worked to secure key provisions for New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, private industry,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján welcomed passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act. The bill, which previously passed in the U.S. Senate, now heads to President Obama for his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly 40 veterans boarded a bus to Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning after flying across the county the night before.  The group, part of this year’s honor flight, is traveling to our nation’s capital to visit their war memorials.  The once in a lifetime experience brought tears to their eyes. Cruz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that several New Mexico Tribes and organizations will be receiving a total of $4.39 million over five years to prevent suicide, fight drug abuse and combat domestic violence through the Indian Health Service's Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal government will provide $5.7 million to pay for building a veterans cemetery near Fort Stanton in south-central New Mexico’s Lincoln County. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich on Monday announced the funding being provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The senators said ground-breaking for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that they have secured $5,741,388 to cover the full cost of construction for a veterans cemetery near Fort Stanton. Currently, the state has only two veterans cemeteries — located in Santa Fe and at Fort Bayard — and many veterans and their families have...

Recently, the final piece of the Miranda Canyon property was set aside for protection as part of the Carson National Forest. This addition of historic and scenic land will bring new economic activity and recreation opportunities to the Taos area. It will also conserve a vital local water supply. The Land and Water Conservation Fund helped pay for...

RED VALLEY, Ariz. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is continuing to build the steps to push mining reform in wake of the Gold King Mine spill. Heinrich and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, both New Mexico Democrats, are working to introduce legislation to amend the General Mining Law of 1872. Under the proposal, hard rock mining companies would pay...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) raised concerns over reports of an out-of-state company manufacturing and marketing its products under the guise of authentic chile from Hatch, New Mexico. He issued the following statement today calling for better labeling protections for locally-produced products: "I am proud of...

SHIPROCK, NM-- The Navajo Nation is still reeling from the Gold King Mine spill as the nation continues to recover from another decades-old mining operation. Uranium mining operations from the Cold War and all the way back to the 1940s are still being felt on the Navajo Nation. Friday, Senator Martin Heinrich toured some key sites. "We wanted to...

FARMINGTON, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will travel to the Navajo Nation on Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3, to tour the massive tribal farm south of Farmington, visit Navajo uranium legacy sites, and join the local community at this year's Shiprock Northern Navajo Nation Fair and Parade. On Friday morning, Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement today on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plan to improve smog-causing emissions standards: "These updated standards to limit air pollution are an encouraging step toward improving...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after voting to pass a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through December 11, 2015: “It’s my hope that this marks the end of governing by manufactured crises and a return to focusing on growing the economy and making...

One of my earliest memories is visiting my father in the hospital after a high-voltage accident caused him to fall from an electrical transmission pole. That fall never dampened his enthusiasm for his work as a utility lineman, climbing up power poles in the middle of lightning storms to restore electricity after outages. My father’s days as...