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Sen. Martin Heinrich was more effective than the average senator and Rep. Gabe Vasquez exceeded expectations as a freshman lawmaker during the 118th Congress, according to a report from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking released Tuesday. The CEL ranks every member of Congress based on 15 metrics, including how far their bills make it...

Sen. Martin Heinrich is continuing his focus on apprenticeships and workforce development in the 119th session of Congress, putting forth a bill aimed at creating grants for new high school apprenticeship programs. Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced the bipartisan Apprenticeship Pathways Act in January with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. The pair introduced...

Legislation that would make it easier to clean up abandoned mines is one step closer to the president’s desk. The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...

“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF," Heinrich said. "Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them."

“Once again, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect families’ freedom to start and grow a family with IVF. Republicans are using their position of power to tell people when, how, and with whom to start their families. Shame on them,” Heinrich said in a press release following the vote. “Let me be clear: I will never stop...

New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich has long been a leader in AI legislation on the hill: He co-founded the AI Caucus in 2019 after observing the rapid development of machine learning. A couple of years later, when ChatGPT, Dall-E and similar AI tools exploded into the national consciousness, Heinrich says his fellow legislators started requesting...

CARLSBAD, 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 Carlsbad City Hall from 10 a.m. MT to 12 p.m. MT on Wednesday, September 4.  Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits,...

New Mexico U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the state’s border with Mexico Monday to highlight policies to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country. The lawmakers toured the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, which uses scanning technology funded by $400 million secured earlier this year to “improve the detection and seizure of...

Heinrich and Vasquez on Monday visited the Santa Teresa Port of Entry to highlight this. They say upgrades include better scanning technology for both inbound and outbound operations at the port. “We really want to be able to focus simultaneously on policy as well as well as resources. The more resources CBP has, the more effectively they can scan...

Heinrich and Vasquez started the day touring the inside of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry to view the scanning technology. Heinrich and Vasquez joined with news media outside the port of entry and called the scanning technology “state of the art.” Heinrich said he and Vasquez hope to see it utilized at ports of entry all along the border.  Heinrich...

CLOVIS — The U.S. Department of Defense will be establishing a science and technology academies reinforcing basic aviation and space exploration, or “STARBASE,” program at Cannon Air Force Base. The announcement came July 12 from the office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Heinrich said he wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in January,...

Dozens of Senate and House Democrats are urging the Biden administration to finalize a critical pipeline methane rule as soon as possible — perhaps before former President Donald Trump potentially returns to the White House. Led by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Rep. Scott Peters of California, the letter signed by 40 Democrats asks the...

On Monday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich met with a group of small-business owners who were learning how to use artificial intelligence to discuss the promises and pitfalls of AI. “So much of this is just about having a really human sounding chat bot that can speed up the things that you're already doing,” he said. Heinrich helped launch the Senate...

Jul. 16—U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich hosted a roundtable Monday with child care providers and community leaders at the Social Enterprise Center in the South Valley, and according to participants, low wages are driving workers out of the field. "I learned that we're making a lot of progress on child care and early childhood education, but that there...

Jul. 16—U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich hosted a roundtable Monday with child care providers and community leaders at the Social Enterprise Center in the South Valley, and according to participants, low wages are driving workers out of the field. "I learned that we're making a lot of progress on child care and early childhood education, but that there...

New Mexico voters’ overwhelming approval of a constitutional amendment in 2022 opened doors to affordable child care for working families. Now, community advocates and legislators are looking at ways to strengthen early childhood care in the state, chief among them being workforce development and additional support for families and child care...

On Monday, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke at an event about artificial intelligence and its impact in the community. The event, hosted by the Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST) and Bay Area-based nonprofit AIandYou, centered on AI and how it affects education, the workforce and small businesses.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, welcomed government and community leaders at its space-grade solar cells manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday, July 15, 2024, to celebrate Rocket Lab’s signed preliminary agreement under the U.S. CHIPS...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich was part of the bipartisan group that negotiated and passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in 2022. Heinrich, D-New Mexico, released a statement Tuesday about a White House report detailing the Act’s implementation and effects two years after it was signed into law. “Our Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was the...