press releases

TAOS, N.M. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined a community gathering with local leaders to commemorate the federal acquisition of 3,700 acres of land adjacent to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in Taos County, N.M....

RUIDOSO, N.M. – 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.) released the following joint statement, announcing that President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County and the Mescalero...

RUIDOSO, N.M. — With thousands of New Mexicans displaced due to devastating wildfires, 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.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request...

Today, during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for both agencies, urged Commissioner Camille Touton of the Bureau of Reclamation to expand...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, released the following statement after the framework of the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act was released:  “Rural America deserves our attention and...

This month, we mark two years since the worst fire in our state’s history. The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. The fire, and the flooding that followed, displaced thousands of New Mexicans for weeks and months on end. In a matter of months, this catastrophe wiped away generations of history and uprooted...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, led a letter alongside 19 of his Senate colleagues urging Senate leadership to reject all anti-public lands “poison pill” provisions in the final agreement on the Interior, Environment, and...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) toured the Trades and Advanced Technology Center at Santa Fe Community College and discussed how the Inflation Reduction Act is creating new careers New Mexicans can build their families around, lowering home appliance costs for families, making homes healthier, and advancing the...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wrote a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to adopt measures to protect children and endangered species from rodenticide...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, during a markup in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) Pecos Watershed Protection Act and Continental Divide Trail Completion Act passed out of committee with bipartisan support. The legislation now must be considered by the full Senate.    VIDEO: Heinrich Legislation to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and U.S. Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) are introducing new, bipartisan, and bicameral legislation called the Building Native Habitats at Federal Facilities Act. The bill will protect pollinators, conserve water, and reduce pesticide usage...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, December 12, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a $480,000 investment for the Mescalero Apache Tribe from the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program to improve wildlife crossings along US-70.   “I am so...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the C0-Founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, released the following statement welcoming the announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its methane emissions and pollution...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) today released the following statement on the report that the COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber plans to leverage his role overseeing the global climate summit to pursue oil and gas deals for ADNOC, the United Arab Emirates’...

WASHINGTON – A bill introduced by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to clean up abandoned mines is gaining widespread support. The bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act makes it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean...

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 – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and newly-appointed Treasury Climate Counselor Ethan Zindler, urging the Treasury...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) led a bicameral letter with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), along with U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to introduce the Small Farm Conservation Act, legislation that would help small farms access federal conservation programs delivered through the U.S. Department of...