PRESS RELEASES
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day.
“Words can’t express how much we owe our military veterans for the contributions and sacrifices they have made...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $545,099 in federal funding under the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.
The...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced a total of $22,840,294 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that was supported by the lawmakers in the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated...
IN THE NEWS
This summer, a political miracle occurred. Against powerful opposition and long odds, despite being written off by pundits, and by the narrowest of margins, we passed the biggest American climate action ever. The Inflation Reduction Act is predicted to push us from 25 percent to 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end...
SANTA FE – The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday announced the award of funding for five New Mexico school districts to buy 12 electric school buses.
According to a news release from New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich, founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus said, “I am thrilled to welcome this first...
U.S. senators from California and Massachusetts have joined New Mexico Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján in calling for the closure of a Torrance County immigration detention center.
The lawmakers — including California’s Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla and Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, all Democrats...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Dear Friend,
Words can’t express how much we owe our military veterans for the contributions and sacrifices they have made in service to our nation. Even so, I hope that each of us will take a moment today—and every day—to offer our sincere appreciation to the veterans in our families and in our communities.
I am honored to serve...
Dear Friend,
I am thrilled to welcome the first round of funding for the brand new Clean School Bus Program at the EPA that New Mexico Democrats helped to create as part of the historic Infrastructure Law. The EPA awarded a total of $4,560,000 to the Dulce, Pecos, Las Cruces, Dora, and Lake Arthur school districts in New Mexico to help them...
Dear Friend,
There’s a new report out from the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative. It’s grim: more than half of U.S. bird species are in decline. Thankfully, there’s an upside. Concerted conservation efforts and investments can successfully recover species.
The 2022 U.S. State of the Birds Report...
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Heinrich Attends National Public Lands Day Celebration At Rio Grande Del Norte National MonumentHeinrich Attends National Public Lands Day Celebration At Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument
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Heinrich Delivers Remarks at the New Mexico Outdoor Economics ConferenceHeinrich Delivers Remarks at the New Mexico Outdoor Economics Conference
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