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WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Hermit’s Peak Claims Office immediately correct serious failures in the administration of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon...

In a letter Thursday, New Mexico’s congressional delegation continued exhorting U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to change course on plans to rescind federal protections around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. In 2023, under the Biden Administration, the federal government issued Public Land Order No. 7923, banning further oil and gas...

Heinrich: "President Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy, his massive tariff-taxes, and his assault on health care are making things worse, not better." WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC),...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding that the Trump...

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to introduce the No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act, legislation to ensure that no president can...

Senate Democrats wrote a Wednesday letter to President Trump seeking clarification on the scope of resumed nuclear testing after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said such testing will not include nuclear explosions. “While Secretary Wright recently sought to provide context to the directive you announced last week, we request that you personally...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) led 14 Senate Democrats in sending a letter to President Trump demanding that his administration reverse course on resuming nuclear...

Pueblos and advocacy groups that spent decades trying to safeguard one of the most sacred sites of Puebloan culture may soon see all that hard work undone, as the Trump administration considers reopening land around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park to oil and gas drilling as well as mining. In a statement to New Mexico Political Report,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the...

E&E DAILY | Three top Senate Democrats are asking the White House to answer questions and turn over documents about President Donald Trump's proposed ballroom project, which involved demolition of the mansion's East Wing. Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin...

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, asked Dr. Chris Merritt, Utah’s State Historic Preservation Officer, and Mr. Steven Concho, the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced that the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan...

N.M. Delegation also renews their call for Congressional Republicans to work with Democrats to negotiate a government funding deal that lowers the cost of health care and ensures New Mexicans don’t go hungry because of Trump’s inability to lead WASHINGTON — As over 450,000 New Mexicans were about to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the National Historic Preservation Act, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, emphasized the importance of protecting America’s public lands by preserving opportunities for communities to have a voice in...

The Trump Administration is required by law to use available federal funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing during Trump’s government shutdown WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, cosponsored the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act, legislation that prevents the Trump Administration from...

New Mexico Democratic Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan are among the senators who have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to back away from its plan to increase beef imports from Argentina. Heinrich stated in a press release on Tuesday that he, Lujan and 14 other Democratic senators sent a letter to U.S Trade Rep. Jamieson...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) launched the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance bipartisan efforts aimed at protecting and expanding access to public lands and waters, recovering wildlife, and restoring habitat.    PHOTO: U.S....

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and 13 Senate Democrats to send a letter urging U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy to reconsider the DOT’s decision to roll back consumer...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer calling out the Trump Administration’s harmful plan to increase beef imports from Argentina, which will help foreign interests at the expense of New Mexico cattle producers. While cattle is among the top...