WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the major investments he secured in the Agriculture Appropriations bill -- supporting women and children, maintaining vital rental assistance for New Mexicans in rural communities, protecting resources farmers and producers count on, and strengthening America's food and medicine supply.   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden's third State of the Union address: "Tonight, President Biden called on Congress to put working families first and move our country forward. "These last few years, Democrats have delivered monumental wins for working Americans. Under President Biden, we secured the largest expansion of healt  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today celebrated the Senate passage of the I-27 Numbering Act, officially designating the Ports-to-Plains Corridor between Raton, New Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, as the future Interstate 27. The bipartisan bill passed the Senate with unanimous consent and is now going to Preside  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 275,000 in February and the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%. The unemployment rate was 5.6% for Black worke  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union address: "As President Biden described tonight, the state of our nation's economy is strong. We've seen some of the fastest job growth in decades, coupled   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) issued the following statement after President Biden's State of the Union address: "Tonight, President Biden delivered an important address to the American people with a clear theme: the state of our Union is strong, jobs and the economy are growing, and our legislative accomplishments are paying off. President Biden and Congressional Democrats have le  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week introduced the Transformational AI to Modernize the Economy (TAME) against Extreme Weather Act, legislation aimed at promoting the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence to better predict and respond to extreme weather. Each year, extreme weather threa  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on March 14, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominee * David O. Barnett, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Mexico II. Bill * S. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act (Klobuchar, Murkowski, Coons, Tillis, Graham) * * * Original text here: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/03/14/2024/executive-bus  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to pass bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). This legislation, which Heinrich leads along with U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), compensates indi  more