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WASHINGTON – Tonight, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor, blasting President Trump for waging a war on American-made energy – causing energy costs to skyrocket and killing good-paying jobs. Heinrich’s speech came shortly before Senate...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor, blasting Republicans for pushing forward Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval targeting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plans (RMPs). If...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the 2-year anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas: “Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a brutal terrorist attack against the people of Israel — a day of horror that stole the lives of more than a thousand innocent men, women, and children....

Amid Trump’s government shutdown, federal agencies have participated in a coordinated effort to blast partisan political messages from official government websites, accounts, and email correspondence WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and 21 Senate Democrats to demand...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, appeared on MSNBC with Erielle Reshef today where he reacted to the Republicans’ failure to work with Democrats to lower health care costs for the American people. During the interview, Heinrich also touched on how the cancellation of millions of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following statement in response to the news that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is killing 223 energy projects in Democrat-led states [PC1] that were approved and appropriated by Congress: “Donald...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) held a press conference to demand that...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after Republicans failed to work with Democrats to pass a bipartisan government funding bill that lowers health care costs and delivers for New Mexicans. Last Friday in Las Cruces, Heinrich underscored the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is calling on U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to classify the Department’s staff as essential during the Republican government shutdown to maintain the health and safety of Americans who...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted three events in Las Cruces to highlight how Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ health care and inflation crisis is harming New Mexico families by putting health care out of reach and skyrocketing the cost of living. Heinrich’s events underscored the threat of a looming Republican...

LAS CRUCES — A panel of community advocates and a physician sounded an alarm Friday over how New Mexico's health care system will be affected once changes enacted under the federal reconciliation law, known as H.R. 1 or the "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed by President Donald Trump in July, take effect in January. At the end of this year, federal...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on National Public Lands Day: “Our public lands hold our shared identity – they are where we gather, hunt, hike, fish, and mountain bike. These lands hold our collective history and...

Sen. Martin Heinrich joined local nonprofit leaders and SNAP recipients to discuss the effects federal cuts to the SNAP program could have on New Mexico. Heinrich, who has been a vocal opponent to The One Big Beautiful Bill which was passed into law in July, called the cuts that were included on the bill harmful and said many New Mexicans are at...

PICTURES   LAS CRUCES, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Conservation Lands Foundation and Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks to deliver a keynote address commemorating the 25th anniversary of the National Conservation Lands. Heinrich was joined by...

As a possible federal government shutdown looms, so does the chance that thousands of New Mexicans will see significant increases to their health insurance premiums. Federal health insurance tax credits have become a sticking point in negotiations over a spending bill Congress needs to pass to avoid a government shut-down at the end of the...

EVENT RECORDING HERE ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ahead of National Public Lands Day this Saturday, September 27th, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a rally with public lands advocates to celebrate America’s public lands. During the event, Heinrich and other...

New Mexico’s congressional delegation is demanding the Trump administration exclude the state from efforts to rescind federal protections for roadless areas in national forests, citing economic and safety concerns. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led the effort alongside Sen. Ben...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich hosted three events in Las Cruces today. Heinrich visited Mayfield Student Health Clinic for a tour and a roundtable. Then he went had a news conference to discuss insurance premiums. Heinrich put health care costs at the center of his visit today. His team says that Republicans' efforts...

New Mexico’s all-Democratic congressional delegation is asking for a ban on building new roads in roadless areas of national forests to stay in place, at least for the Land of Enchantment. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering repealing the Roadless Rule, which prohibits building new roads, rebuilding others or harvesting timber in more...

During Sen. Martin Heinrich’s visit to New Mexico State University on Thursday, Sept. 25, the Democrat heard researchers talk about the potential future of produced water. Heinrich visited with Professor Pei Xu, New Mexico State University professor of civil engineering and research director of New Mexico Produced Water Consortium, and her graduate...