WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services supporting the request to extend federal approval for data collection through the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application. In its letter, AMCHP emphasized the critical need for the MMRIA as a tool that provides standardized, state-specific data regarding pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related deaths. The organization sta  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Permitting Reform * 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 Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement on permitting reform: "After discussions with our col  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Trump Firing Kristi Noem * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to President Trump firing Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security: "Kristi Noem should never have been nominated or confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. And I've been calling for her to resign or be f  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez Statement on House Blockage of Iran War Powers Resolution * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) released the following statement after the House voted against the Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res. 38), which would have reasserted Congress' constitutional authority to decide whether the United States should go to war. The Congr  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Introduces Legislative Package to Hold ICE and CBP Accountable, Increase Transparency, and Make Communities Safer * Legislative Efforts Follow Major DHS Scandals, Killings of American Citizens Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Homeland Security Improvement Act, DHS Hiring Review Act, and the Location Updates for Custody and Transparency Enforcement Act   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Votes Against President Trump's Illegal War Against Iran * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting for a bipartisan War Powers Resolution that blocks the use of the U.S. Armed Forces from engaging in hostilities against Iran unless authorized by Congress: "With no accountability and in defiance of the American people, President T  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Urge FCC to Preserve Critical Broadband Service That Boosts Rural and Tribal Broadband, Promotes Military Readiness, and Supports American Manufacturing * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Telecommunica  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich and Merkley Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Efforts to Erase History on Public Lands * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, sent a letter t  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich and Merkley Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Efforts to Erase History on Public Lands Heinrich, Merkley, colleagues to Burgum: Removing or sanitizing exhibits that depict the realities of our past sets a dangerous precedent by signaling that history can simply be erased or altered when those  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following joint statement on March 6, 2026, with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: * * * Whitehouse and Heinrich Joint Statement on Permitting Reform Today, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and U.S. Senato  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Syrian national extradited to the US as part of HSI El Paso human smuggling investigation * EL PASO, Texas - A Syrian national wanted in the United States for conspiracy to smuggle special interest illegal aliens into the country, was extradited March 4 to El Paso. For the past year and a half, Homeland Security Investigations El Paso investigated the  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Vasquez Stands Up to Protect New Mexico's Tribal Gaming Industry and Sovereignty * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On March 4, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) pushed to protect New Mexico's Tribal gaming industry by calling for all types of bets on sports to be treated as sports betting. Congressman Vasquez proposed an amendment to the Farm Bill to ban prediction market companies from  more