Heinrich seeks ethics briefing on senior Interior official
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich requested an ethics briefing from the Interior Department over reports involving Associate Deputy Secretary Karen Budd-Falen.
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Vasquez amendments seek answers on El Paso airport closure
Rep. Gabe Vasquez secured two amendments during House Armed Services Committee markup seeking answers from the Defense Department on the February El Paso airport closure.
Senate passes Heinrich, Luján-backed bill aimed at keeping rural New Mexico hospitals open
The U.S. Senate passed legislation cosponsored by Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján to extend a federal program supporting rural community hospitals in New Mexico and across the country.
Heinrich presses federal officials as Rio Grande water pressures grow across New Mexico
Sen. Martin Heinrich pressed federal officials over Rio Grande water management, El Vado Dam delays and New Mexico water infrastructure during a Senate hearing this week.
U.S. Senate confirms former NM GOP congressman Pearce to lead federal land management agency
The U.S. Senate confirmed former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management in a narrow party-line vote Monday.
Heinrich, Luján seek answers on USDA restructuring impacts in New Mexico
Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján are demanding answers from the USDA about how a proposed agency restructuring could affect New Mexico farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Vasquez backs $469 billion military construction, veterans affairs funding bill
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez voted for a $469 billion military construction and veterans affairs funding bill that includes investments in veterans health care, military housing and rural access programs.
Heinrich calls Trump Forest Service budget a ‘roadmap on how to dismantle the Forest Service’
Sen. Martin Heinrich criticized President Donald Trump’s proposed Forest Service budget during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
Vasquez pushes to add mobile home protections to bipartisan housing bill
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is urging congressional leaders to include protections for mobile home residents in a bipartisan housing package aimed at addressing housing affordability and corporate ownership practices.
