Heinrich Meets with New Mexicans to Discuss How Landmark Bipartisan Legislation Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, & Hold Data Centers Accountable 

PHOTOS  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, met with New Mexicans to discuss his newly introduced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, legislation that will lower utility bills, create good-paying jobs, and force data centers to fully pay […]

Lee, Capito, Heinrich, and Whitehouse Introduce Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026

WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. This legislation will strengthen American energy security by accelerating the […]

As Oil Hits $100 a Barrel, Heinrich Details How Trump’s War in Iran Will Continue to Harm Working Families

Report outlines how Trump’s war in Iran continues to strain the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve, threatening to further hike gasoline prices WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a report detailing how draining the United States’ oil reserves to historic lows as a result of President Trump’s ongoing war in Iran — a war that financially benefits […]

Heinrich Celebrates First-Ever Permit Issued Under His Good Samaritan Mine Cleanup Law

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issuance of the first-ever permit under the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Pilot Program — established by legislation he authored and championed alongside U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to remove a […]

Heinrich Visits Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Meets with Local Nonprofits, Advocates, and Tribal Leaders, Vows to Continue to Fight to Protect Public Lands

PHOTOS HERE  ELY, MINN. — Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, visited gateway communities to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), where he met with local advocates, volunteers, non-profit leaders, and the Three Chippewa Bands, on how Senate Republicans and President Trump’s […]

Heinrich, Colleagues Urge BLM to Stop Rollback of Waste Prevention Rule

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, in opposing BLM’s proposal to overturn the 2024 Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource […]

ICYMI: Ranking Member Heinrich on Supreme Court Allowing Continued Construction for President Trump’s Ballroom

MEMORANDUM  To:      Reporters and Editors  From:  Caty Payette, Office of U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee  Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)        Date:   August 24, 2026  Re:      Ranking Member Heinrich on Supreme Court Allowing Continued Construction  for President Trump’s Ballroom  WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy […]