press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after Senate Republicans refused to advance S.1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, a bill that would extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program that expired for nearly 6,000 New Mexican job-seekers on December...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program that expired for nearly 6,000 New Mexican job-seekers on December 28, 2013. The bill, S.1845, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, passed a procedural vote today of 60 to 37. The measure now moves to debate. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Janet L. Yellen as the next Federal Reserve Chair: "Dr. Yellen has demonstrated good judgment and a keen understanding of conditions affecting the economy during her previous service at the Federal Reserve.  She has also shown...

The Organ Mountains and surrounding area form a beautiful and iconic backdrop for Las Cruces and are beloved by New Mexicans who visit Doña Ana County to hunt, picnic, hike, and explore. This month, we were proud to introduce legislation to ensure that future generations of New Mexicans can continue those traditions, while boosting tourism...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after voting in favor of a bipartisan budget resolution authored by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) that does away with some of the arbitrary spending cuts known as the sequester for two years while reducing long-term...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to preserve some of Doña Ana County’s most iconic landscapes, while boosting the region’s tourism and outdoor economy, creating jobs and improving hunting and hiking opportunities. The Organ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the proposed budget agreement authored by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI): "This bipartisan budget agreement will prevent a government shutdown and is an important step toward undoing some of the damaging...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced federal funding to help develop a new high-tech business district in Albuquerque.  STC.UNM, the technology-transfer and economic-development arm of the University of New Mexico (UNM), will receive a $1,498,048 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced a key development in reaching common ground on the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project in New Mexico. In response to a letter Senator Heinrich sent to Undersecretary Frank Kendall in September, the Department of Defense (DoD) has agreed to commission a study by M.I.T. Lincoln...

This year we took a historic step toward fixing our broken immigration system. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill that includes a visa system that meets the needs of our economy, a tough but fair path to earned citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in our country, a plan that ensures security at our...

It’s no secret that New Mexico has some of the best public lands in America for hunting, fishing, skiing, hiking, camping and other outdoor recreational pursuits. But did you know that more than a half-million acres of these so-called “public lands” in the state are actually inaccessible to the public? That’s because...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Senator David Vitter (R-LA), introduced S. 1669, the Military Equitable Reimbursement Act, a bipartisan bill that would allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to retain payments for costs incurred during support of non-governmental film productions.  Currently, DOD...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - New Mexico's military installations could soon see a big benefit from movie making. Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced a bill Thursday that would allow individual military installations to get paid for their use during movie production. Heinrich says New Mexico's bases, like White Sands, are some of the most sought after in film...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, cosponsored the Sportsmen's and Public Outdoor Recreation Traditions (SPORT) Act, a comprehensive sportsmen's legislative package that includes two of Senator Heinrich's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that the budget agreement to end the government shutdown will provide additional funding over the previous fiscal year’s levels for a number of programs important to New Mexicans. The bill – a continuing resolution to fund the government through Jan. 15...

Sen. Martin Heinrich, in a speech delivered on the Senate floor Tuesday, said the government shutdown is hitting New Mexico particularly hard because nearly one-third of its gross domestic product has come from federal dollars. The federal government has been partially shutdown because of an impasse in the House of Representatives over funding of...

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said those who aren’t concerned about the effects of the federal government’s shutdown are ignoring the impact it’s having in New Mexico. Heinrich made his remarks Tuesday in a speech on the Senate floor. “In my home state of New Mexico there is no question that this government shutdown has...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor to underline the devastating impacts of the government shutdown on New Mexico’s economy and middle-class families.  Below are Senator Heinrich’s remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. President, in the midst of the current...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released a statement on the President's nomination of Janet L. Yellen to be the next Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  “I am pleased with President Obama's selection of Dr. Yellen to serve as Federal Reserve Chairman and I fully support her...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham are working to ensure that federal workers in New Mexico are not financially hurt in the long-term by the federal government shutdown. New Mexico is home to roughly 27,000 federal workers, and Sandia National Laboratories...