press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomed the Senate’s overwhelming bipartisan passage, 82 to 15, of the first package of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Appropriations bills. The package included...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is welcoming the selection of the Southline Transmission Project as one of three transmission lines receiving up to $1.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this...

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.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a $235.1 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from the Infrastructure Law and the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate AI Caucus, is welcoming President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. “President Biden’s Executive Order is the single most significant and substantive action taken by any government to date to govern AI based on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation as one of nine nonprofits nationwide to receive the Renew...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) announced that the U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution they introduced to designate November 4, 2023, as National Bison Day. "Bison have been a critical part of our culture for generations, in New Mexico, across the West, and especially in Indian Country," said...

WASHINGTON – Today, 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.) announced the U.S. Postal Service has opened two mobile units in Chimayo, New Mexico. Earlier this year, after the U.S. Post Office in Chimayó was destroyed by a fire, Heinrich, Luján, and Leger...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the co-founder and co-chair of the bicameral Electrification Caucus, and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined 13 Senators in calling on the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) to prioritize the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty infrastructure as part of its core...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are encouraging the Biden administration to work with our Israeli, Egyptian, and UN partners to transport fuel to sites in Gaza where it can be used immediately to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians. Heinrich and Luján released the following joint statement led by...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 11 of their colleagues in calling on the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand the accessibility of the...

LAS CRUCES, 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 at 10:00 a.m. MT in Sierra County on Tuesday, October 31, and at 10:00 a.m. in Luna County on Friday, November 3.    Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) provided a video testimonial at AmeriCorps: 30 Years Forward, a summit hosted at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark. to commemorate the 30th anniversary of AmeriCorps and discuss the future of national service. Heinrich is the Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act, legislation to make it easier for students to access...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) Pecos Watershed Protection Act is gaining momentum after it was considered during a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today.     The legislation, introduced alongside U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), would protect portions of the Pecos Watershed in northern New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate AI Caucus, hosted Congress’ second AI Insight Forum, bringing together a balanced, diverse, and bipartisan group of lawmakers and experts to discuss how Congress and the private sector can foster sustainable innovation around AI. Heinrich led the Forum with...

WASHINGTON – In a video message, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, addressed the attendees at the annual New Mexico Outdoor Economics Conference, which is running from October 23 to 25 in Santa Fe.   VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich addresses the New Mexico Outdoor Economics...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. “The stunning underground limestone formations in Carlsbad Caverns are the result of hundreds of millions of years of...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, October 25, at 12:30 p.m. MT/ 2:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) Pecos Watershed Protection Act, legislation to protect portions of the Pecos Watershed in northern New Mexico from mining, will receive a key hearing on pending legislation for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.     The...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, urged Congressional leaders to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides financial assistance to access high-speed internet for more than 171,000 households and more than 21...

WASHINGTON – As America’s demand for clean, reliable, and affordable energy grows, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Streamlining Homeowner Installation of New Energies (SHINE) Act, legislation that will help state, local, and...