press releases
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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub has been selected to be funded through the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Microelectronics Commons program. The announcement marks the first official allocation of funding through the CHIPS and Science...
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In a significant move to protect a valuable natural landscape in southern Sandoval County, this week the U.S. Department of the Interior proposed withdrawing approximately 4,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands from any mineral development for a substantial period of 50 years. This proposal has garnered enthusiastic support from...
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WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the HELP...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to avoid mass resignations within the wildland firefighter ranks by ensuring the prompt passage of the bipartisan Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded House passage of their legislation to rename the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic. The name will honor the late Medal of Honor recipient and...
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GALLUP, N.M. – State leaders, neighbors, and loved ones recognized the type of impact late Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura had on the community. Community members spoke about his impact during his funeral last year. “He was proud of Gallup, and we are proud of him,” said Esther Candelaria, a Gallup resident. Soon, the VA...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement welcoming a proposal from the U.S. Department of Interior to withdraw 4,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of...
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ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered a speech in Albuquerque to state lawmakers, renewable energy leaders, researchers, and advocates during a conference, “Building an Advanced Energy Ecosystem in New Mexico,” laying out his vision to position New Mexico at the center of the nation's clean energy future. “New Mexico has...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) introduced the bipartisan Tribal Connect Act to make it easier for Tribes to secure high-speed internet access at Tribal Essential Community-Serving Institutions through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)...
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VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich delivers remarks on the Senate Floor urging the Senate to advance Bipartisan Appropriations Legislation. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor highlighting bipartisan appropriations legislation and the...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate AI Caucus, hosted Congress’ first-ever AI Insight Forum, bringing together a balanced, diverse, and bipartisan group of lawmakers and experts to help accelerate the committee process to build consensus around responsible AI policy. Heinrich led the Forum with...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) reintroduced the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, legislation to make it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act, legislation permanently increasing wildland firefighter pay before the supplemental pay raises in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expire on September 30th. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced the bill...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced $821,294 in federal funds to the Crime Victim Reparation Commission of New Mexico (CVRC) to support victims and survivors of violent crime. The funding will be delivered...
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ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the state public health order on gun violence that was announced on Friday: “The gun violence in New Mexico and across our country has had devastating impacts on families, communities, and our sense of safety. It’s why I led the effort on the first federal gun...
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WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, September 12, at 10 a.m. MT/12 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate AI Caucus, will join Washington Post Live with U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Co-Chair of the Senate AI Caucus, to preview an upcoming congressional forum on artificial intelligence and discuss bipartisan...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the release of a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan government watchdog agency, detailing the damage wrought by former President Trump’s border wall on the country’s natural and cultural...
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Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced Friday $2.25 million in federal funding for Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team, Corp. (WESST) in their work to expand opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs and drive economic development in New Mexico. WESST, which has a location in Rio Rancho, aims to be a home to New...
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ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) welcomed $2,250,000 in federal funding from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support Women’s Economic...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bicameral letter with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act as Congress intended and restore federal funding for educational activities like hunting and...
