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02.05.26

Heinrich: “We need access, but not at the cost of more human caused wildfires. Which means that we need to actually plan what roads should stay open and which ones…

02.04.26

Lawmakers to Trump Administration: “The federal government is picking winners and losers in an emerging industry, and taxpayers foot the bill if those bets go bad”   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator…

02.02.26

PHOTOS | VIDEO WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hosted a roundtable with his Senate colleagues, including ENR Committee…

01.29.26

RSVP   WASHINGTON — Today, Thursday, January 29, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable with an…

01.23.26

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and…

01.20.26

Ranking Members to Trump Administration: “The pause affects projects that, together, would generate enough electricity to power almost 2.7 million homes.”  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the…

01.09.26

Heinrich: “Across New Mexico and the country, people are looking at their bills and asking how they are going to find the money to keep their lights on.   “The answer is…

01.07.26

Heinrich: “President Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy, his massive tariff-taxes, and his assault on health care are making things worse, not better.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking…

12.22.25

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and…

12.19.25

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how President Trump’s actions are gutting the…

12.19.25

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member,…

12.11.25

PHOTOS HERE  WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke at Semafor’s Principals Live – Powering America’s…

12.09.25

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks hearing to consider 26 pending bills, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full…

12.04.25

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor stressing the need to protect the…

12.04.25

Heinrich on the Pecos Watershed: “Because the waste and tailings from those mines have never been adequately cleaned up, the communities and landowners in the Pecos area still suffer with…

12.03.25

Heinrich to U.S. Forest Service: “We want these decisions to be rooted in local communities, and yet they seem to have been cut out of this process”  VIDEO HERE  WASHINGTON…

11.21.25

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor, blasting Republicans for their latest…

11.21.25

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Committee, issued a bipartisan…

11.20.25

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy…

11.20.25

WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process impacts…

11.06.25

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger…

11.03.25

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández…

10.30.25

WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the…

10.29.25

Ranking Member Heinrich: “We can tweak and reform laws all we want, but fundamentally, until we have adequate staff at the agencies that process permits, we will continue to see…

10.28.25

PHOTOS • VIDEO Heinrich: “We need a caucus that can come together from both sides of the aisle and accelerate the amount of work that we’re doing in this space. Everything that’s…