press releases

WASHINGTON (May 27, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Forest Service’s finding that the Calf Canyon Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest was caused by a pile burn...

ALBUQUERQUE – On Tuesday, May 31, at 10 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will tour the Whitfield Conservation Area to receive an update on damage sustained from the recent Big Hole Fire.  Senator Heinrich will meet with members of the Valencia Soil & Water Conservation District and Friends of the Whitfield...

WASHINGTON (May 26, 2022) – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to introduce two bills to support efforts in New Mexico and across the country to put fires out faster and better protect communities from post-fire flooding. The Fire Suppression...

WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to address drought and water security in New Mexico and across the United States is gaining momentum after it was considered during today’s hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Water & Power Subcommittee. U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury...

ALBQUERQUE, N.M. – On Tuesday, May 31, at 1:30 p.m. MT/ 3:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will highlight over $15 million he secured to upgrade facilitates at the Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base at Kirtland Air Force Base to allow the use of Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) to fight wildfires. Media are...

Engineering company BlueHalo has been awarded a $1.4 billion government contract from the U.S. Space Force for the satellite communication augmentation resource (SCAR) program. According to the Space Force, the SCAR program "will address the critical U.S. Space Command requirement to rapidly, responsively and affordably augment satellite control...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:  "No parent should worry that their child won't return safely from a day at school. No family should fear for the safety of their loved ones during a trip to the grocery store....

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) introduced the Elimination of the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission Act which would eliminate the commission that is tasked with finding facilities that should be consolidated or...

ALBQUERQUE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold in-person Mobile Office Hours for De Baca and Grant Counties on Tuesday, May 24, and Eddy County on Thursday, May 26.  Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of 80 senators in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch’s process to advance Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership and pledging to work with the Administration to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, is welcoming an announcement that the U.S. Space Force has awarded a $1.4 billion contract to Albuquerque-based company, BlueHalo, for enabling the modernization of satellite operations. “Throughout my years in both the House of...

WASHINGTON – Congress just passed the Access to Baby Formula Act to make sure families who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have the baby formula they need. U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are cosponsors of the bipartisan legislation, which...

WASHINGTON—As the worst drought in 1,200 years grips communities across the West and wildfires continue to burn across the state of New Mexico, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) in announcing a bipartisan, bicameral legislative package to address drought and water security across...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies opened a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Military Construction and Family Housing. VIDEO: Chair Heinrich Opens MilCon, VA Appropriations Subcommittee...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 30 of their Democratic colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to immediately assign a coordinator within the White House to address the infant formula shortage and implement a national strategy to increase the resiliency of the infant formula...

WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Submission for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  WATCH: Heinrich Discusses Effective Federal Safety Coordination Efforts Around Los Alamos With NNSA Administrator During...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, issued the following statement on a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive legislation to deliver all generations of toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Alexander M.M. Uballez by voice vote to be the next U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico. The nomination was previously reported out of committee on a strong bipartisan vote of 20 to...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 18, at 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will Chair a hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Military Construction and Family Housing. WHAT: Heinrich to...

Picuris Pueblo welcomed U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich for a tour last Friday (May 13) of the tribe's buffalo program, which Picuris is working to expand by adding to its current herd of 50 bison in order to produce more products, as well as add more genetic diversity to its stock. The visit served as an opportunity for both parties to bring attention...