Enchantment State News

ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE & TIJERAS – 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.

Since its enactment into law in 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has made historic investments toward growing New Mexico’s economy and creating good-paying jobs, while rebuilding roads, bridges and rails, expanding access to clean drinking water, and ensuring more communities have access to high-speed internet.

Since its enactment into law in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act has made historic investments toward fighting inflation and lowering prescription drug and health care costs, while transforming domestic clean energy production and manufacturing, and reducing the nation’s climate warming carbon emissions.

Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, Senators Heinrich and Luján, and Governor Lujan Grisham will join community members and leaders to announce new projects and funding being awarded to New Mexico from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Landrieu, Heinrich, and Luján will also share upcoming infrastructure funding opportunities with local community leaders. 

THURSDAY, JULY 6

HOME ELECTRIFICATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT & MEDIA AVAILABILITY 

WHEN:        10:00 a.m. MT

WHAT:         On-site demonstration of a gas appliance replacement with an energy efficient electric appliance to show how New Mexicans will benefit from home electrification consumer rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act and home weatherization and energy efficiency investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

New Mexico has received $26 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for home energy efficiency and weatherization. Heinrich, the co-founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, secured the establishment of High Efficiency Home Rebates program in the Inflation Reduction. That program has delivered $87 million to New Mexico to help low- and moderate-income households receive up to $14,000 in savings when they upgrade their appliances and weatherize their homes.

WHERE:     Address provided upon RSVP.

RSVP:           press@heinrich.senate.gov

UPTOWN TRANSIT CENTER TOUR & PRESS CONFERENCE

WHEN:        11:30 a.m. MT

WHAT:         Tour and press conference announcing $25 million through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to the City of Albuquerque’s Uptown Transit Center.

This funding will support the construction of six bus docks with protected waiting areas, signage, security features, lighting, electric charging stations, underground parking, as well as entertainment, affordable housing, and retail uses.

WHERE:     Uptown Transit Center, 2298 Indiana St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110

RSVP:           press@heinrich.senate.gov

SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO TOUR

WHEN:        2:00 p.m. MT

WHAT:         On-site tour of Santo Domingo Pueblo’s internet cell tower, new housing development, and the former Tribal trading post that will be home to a new Tribal IT Department.

The visit comes as Santo Domingo Pueblo secured $12.7 million through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Pueblo is using the funding to address the digital divide and support equitable access to affordable internet, telehealth, telework, and remote learning. Luján, Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, helped secure funding to provide affordable broadband to New Mexicans.

WHERE:     Santa Domingo Pueblo Tribal Administration/Governor’s Office, 134 Tesuque St, Kewa Pueblo, 87052

RSVP:           adan_serna@lujan.senate.gov

BROADBAND INVESTMENT PRESS CONFERENCE

WHEN:        4:00 p.m. MT

WHAT:         Press conference highlighting the $675 million award from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program to expand high-speed internet access in New Mexico.

WHERE:     Santa Fe Indian School, 1501 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505

RSVP:           caroline.sweeney@exec.nm.gov  

FRIDAY, JULY 7

BROADBAND EXPANSION PROJECT PRESS CONFERENCE

WHEN:        11:30 a.m. MT

WHAT:         Press conference with representatives of Plateau Telecommunications, an Eastern New Mexico based company, to announce a $49 million project awarded by President Biden and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand middle and last mile internet access in rural New Mexico, including in communities along NM Hwy 14 in Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Torrance Counties.

WHERE:     Los Vecinos Community Center, 478 NM-333, Tijeras, NM 87059

RSVP:           press@heinrich.senate.gov

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