press releases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – As the deadline nears for U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to complete his review of national monuments created under the Antiquities Act, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) urged him one...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) has begun its annual statewide selection process and encouraged New Mexico high school students to apply. Each year, two students from each state and the District of Columbia – as well as two children of service...

SANTA FE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in northern New Mexico on Monday, August 21, 2017 and Tuesday, August 22, 2017 to visit the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe and keynote the Wildlife Corridor and Connectivity Summit in Taos. Monday at 1:30 p.m. MT, Senator Heinrich will tour the New Mexico School...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich to modernize and strengthen veterans’ education benefits and enhance the post-9/11 G.I. Bill became law yesterday. The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 further invests in the proven educational success of our...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) announced a new AmeriCorps VISTA program to fight the opioid crisis in Rio Arriba County, which has one of the highest heroin overdose death rates in the country. With an investment of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement to mark the 5th anniversary of the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows undocumented immigrants, known as DREAMers, who arrived in the United States as children to apply for temporary protection from...

A bipartisan group of senators is expressing “deep concern” over a federal agency considering potential trade penalties for imported solar panel technology. The Friday letter spearheaded by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who both hail from states with growing solar power...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement regarding the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia: “This weekend's events have truly shocked me as much as they have the rest of the nation. Three people lost their lives and scores were wounded during the 'Unite the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), along with a bipartisan group of senators, are urging the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to not impose tariffs that would negatively affect the American solar industry. In a letter to Chairman Rhonda Schmidtlein, the lawmakers—who both...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich toured the Magdalena Ridge Observatory on Friday after announcing congressional funding for the observatory’s interferometer project. “It’s a facility with enormous promise,” Heinrich said.  “We’re excited to be able to secure some federal funding to keep this moving down the road....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce (R-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary for Nuclear Security General Frank...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will tour New Mexico Tech’s Magdalena Ridge Observatory on Friday, August 11, 2017 at 11 a.m. to announce congressional funding secured in the FY17 budget and meet with students to discuss the importance of New Mexico Tech’s leadership in science, technology, engineering...

PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich hosts a listening session at the Santa Fe Indian School with tribal representatives to discuss broadband connectivity in Indian Country. August 9, 2017.  SANTA FE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hosted a listening session at the Santa Fe Indian School with members of two Pueblo...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M)  and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce (R-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to appoint...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján welcomed an announcement from the Department of the Interior (DOI) that Secretary Ryan Zinke intends to finalize the process to consider whether to accept the donation of 3,595 acres,...

SANTA FE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours in To’hajiilee on Thursday, August 10, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the To’hajiilee Senior Center's Annual Song and Dance. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, August, 9 and Thursday, August 10, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in northern New Mexico. On Wednesday, August 9, at 11 a.m. at the Santa Fe Indian School, Senator Heinrich will host a listening session with members of Pueblo library consortiums representing the Pueblos of Cochiti,...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will be in Albuquerque to highlight New Mexico’s growing technology industry and discuss opportunities to expand economic growth while also preparing students and workers with the skills and knowledge they need to fill these good-paying...

Fall hunting season is just around the corner, and sportsmen in northern New Mexico are eager to finally access the narrow mesas and rugged canyons of the Sabinoso Wilderness — the only legally inaccessible wilderness area in the entire nation. Surrounded by private land and without a legal road or trail to get there, the public has...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, following the announcement that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has reconsidered an EPA decision and will allow victims of the Gold King Mine spill to file for compensation, all five members of the New Mexico congressional delegation wrote Pruitt a letter, asking him to treat all...