press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement opposing “fast track” Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that would expedite approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by revoking Congress’ authority to amend the deal: "Time and again we’ve heard the promises...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) continued his fight to permanently authorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Senator Heinrich is an original cosponsor of, S. 890, a bill to permanently authorize and fully fund...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced a bill today, S. 1017, to amend the 80-year old Federal Power Act to provide the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrow authority to approve and site new priority electric transmission lines in cases...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will participate in a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, April 22, at 10 a.m. ET/8 a.m. MT, on the reauthorization of and potential reforms to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The program is set to expire in September of this year....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, highlighted the partnership between New Mexico's film industry and military installations earlier this month while touring the production set for a new film from Paramount Pictures starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, and Martin Freeman,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed Norman C. Bay, a former University of New Mexico law professor and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, as the new chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In July 2014, the Senate confirmed Bay with bipartisan support as a commissioner of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Tax Help New Mexico at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to highlight free tax assistance for New Mexico residents. During the event, Senator Heinrich talked with Tax Help New Mexico volunteers and residents. "Tax Help New Mexico is providing a key service throughout the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Albuquerque today, Thursday, April 2 from 4 to 5 p.m. highlighting free tax preparation services provided by Tax Help New Mexico at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). During tax season, Senator Heinrich's office has collaborated with Tax Help New Mexico to assist residents...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, delivered the keynote address at the Southwest Clean Energy Transmission Summit. The event was hosted by the Energy Future Coalition and its "Americans for a Clean Energy Grid" electric transmission initiative. Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Albuquerque on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2. On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Heinrich will deliver the keynote address at the Southwest Clean Energy Transmission Summit. The event is hosted by the Energy Future Coalition and its "Americans for a Clean Energy Grid"...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 27, 2015) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to introduce legislation (S. 890) to permanently authorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which conserves and promotes public access to the country's national parks, forests and public lands. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after voting against the Senate Republican ‎budget resolution for fiscal year 2016.  The resolution (S. Con. Res. 11) was passed by a vote of 52 to 46. "The Republican budget does not align with New Mexico priorities. We aren't going to grow our...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced an amendment to the Senate's budget resolution that would protect America's parks and public lands, including national forests, wildlife refuges, and conservation lands, from being sold off as a deficit reduction tactic. The amendment is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Tom Udall...

Nuevo México está en una encrucijada. Hemos escuchado eso antes. Pero nuestro reto es aún más simple que eso. Tenemos que cambiar fundamentalmente la trayectoria de nuestro estado. Hemos visto señales económicas positivas en todo el país, pero la situación en Nuevo México sigue en...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that NeighborWorks America will award three New Mexico nonprofit affordable housing organizations with a total of $833,700 in grants funded through last December’s “omnibus” appropriations bill to fund the government. The funds will be used to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that they are urging the Department of Defense to select a proposal led by a team that includes the University of New Mexico in a...

Two top Democratic senators today vowed to fight GOP efforts to add amendments to fiscal 2016 budget resolutions calling for the sale of some federal lands to help pay off the nation's budget deficit. Sens. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Michael Bennet of Colorado said today during a brief teleconference with reporters that they are gearing up...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on forest health, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) advocated for wildfire funding reform to restore New Mexico's forests to healthy conditions in order to reduce catastrophic wildfires. The senator also discussed the affects watersheds have on outdoor...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – This week, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich sent a letter to the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to express concerns about cuts to services, particuarly for rural and elderly New Mexicans. The letter follows numerous complaints from residents of Fort Sumner, Elephant Butte, Taos and across rural...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced S.830, the LDRD Enhancement Act of 2015, a bill to increase the maximum percentage each laboratory director may set aside for Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) from 6 to 10 percent of the lab's budget. The U.S. Department of Energy's...