WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Heinrich's bill would ban devices designed to indiscriminately kill the highest number of people in the shortest amount of time Heinrich: "This will not be the last of it" Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) brought his Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, bipartisan legislation to ban bump stocks, to the Senate floor through a unanimous consent (UC) request. The effort directly f  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on Juneteenth, which recognizes the moment, on June 19, 1865, when U.S. Army General Gordon Granger announced to formerly enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they were free under the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. "When we celebrate Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and we remember the horrors of slavery," said Heinrich. "We also   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Biden's executive action to keep families together and speed up approval of work permits for Dreamers: "For Dreamers, America is the only home they've ever known. Now, thanks to President Biden's executive action, Dreamers will be able to better access work visas and keep their families together, a win for our communities a  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of Juneteenth, which is recognized as a federal holiday after Congressional action in 2021: "On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas bearing news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom in what became k  more