Martin Heinrich
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Recent News About Martin Heinrich
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Heinrich, Luján Celebrate Senate Passage of Bill to Rename Gallup VA Clinic in Honor of Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed the unanimous vote in the Senate to pass 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
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Heinrich Announces Committee Approval of 34 Local Projects Totaling Nearly $12 Million to Strengthen Public Safety, Combat Opioid Epidemic, Invest in Small Businesses, and Support Arts and Culture in New Mexico
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill.
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Regenerative agriculture offers sustainability, climate resilience to local ranchers
On a ranch in Valle Escondido last Wednesday (July 5), U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, met with local ranchers and producers and Taos County commissioners Darlene Vigil and Ronald Mascareñas to discuss how the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) can support current regenerative agriculture efforts in the county.
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Heinrich, Biden official tour home made more efficient with federal funds
White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu and Sen. Martin Heinrich toured a home in Albuquerque’s International District that was having its electrical systems upgraded.
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Heinrich, White House Official Tout $100 Million for Electrification, Weatherization Projects in New Mexico
A U.S. senator and a White House official crowded into a small family home in the International District on Thursday, where they were briefed on a $10,000 home-improvement project underway there.
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New Mexico Senators Introduce Bill Hoping to Help Small Farmers
U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, and Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, recently introduced a bill that they hope will help small farms
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Heinrich, Luján, Lujan Grisham to Welcome Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to New Mexico to Announce Historic Infrastructure Investments
On Thursday, July 6 and Friday, July 7, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) will be joined by Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is delivering for New Mexico.
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Heinrich Joins Legislation to Address Housing Affordability
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring the bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, legislation introduced by Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), to help build over 14,000 new affordable homes in New Mexico over the next decade as many families struggle to find an affordable place to call home.
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Heinrich Joins Bipartisan Legislation to Support Veterans’ Health Care
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is joining Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) to introduce the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans (SAVES) Act, bipartisan legislation that would establish a program to award grants to nonprofit organizations to assist them in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans.
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Heinrich to Highlight Effort to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Discuss Agricultural Resiliency
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will join regional behavioral health and medical providers to discuss the need to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid use disorder.
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N.M. Delegation Delivers $26.2 Million to Modernize Bus Fleets, Improve Public Transit
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), 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 announcing $26,270,968 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the City of Albuquerque and North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) to enhance public transportation services and accelerate the transition to an American-made clean energy future
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Heinrich, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Create Pathways to Stable Careers
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced the bipartisan Apprenticeship Pathways Act, legislation to create pathways to careers for high school students by expanding access to apprenticeship programs.
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Heinrich Cosponsors Legislation to Support Advancements in Agriculture Research and Innovation
Legislation will develop seed varieties and animal breeds regionally tailored to the needs of American farmers
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Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Welcome $49 Million in Infrastructure Law Funding to Deliver High-speed Internet in Eastern New Mexico
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $49,858,624 in Infrastructure Law funding to the Clovis-based E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative to expand reliable, affordable, high-speed internet for residents in Clovis and surrounding communities.
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Heinrich, Luján, Menendez Announce Introduction of Federal Legislation to Address Widespread Catalytic Converter Theft
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced the introduction of their legislation to form a federal task force to address the widespread problem of catalytic converter theft.
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Heinrich Statement on Dobbs Decision Anniversary
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped access to abortion care for millions of Americans and denied women the freedom to make their own health care decisions.
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Heinrich Announces Major Committee Milestone on Substantial Investments for Military Installations and Veterans in New Mexico
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee's bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) bill.
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Heinrich Welcomes Unanimous Committee Support of Agricultural Appropriations Bill That Includes $10 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico Project
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, welcomes the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan, unanimous passage of his Fiscal Year 24 (FY24) Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill.
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Heinrich’s Legislation to Complete Continental Divide Trail Receives Key Hearing
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced important progress on his Continental Divide Trail Completion Act after it was featured during a hearing to consider pending legislation in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks today.
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Heinrich, Luján Announce Legislation to Codify Right to Contraception, Safeguard 60 Years of Settled Precedent
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) in announcing the reintroduction of the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would protect and strengthen the right to contraception