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Heinrich pushes USDA nominee to address rising cost of eggs

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WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., pushed the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary-designee Brooke Rollins to share her plan to address the rising cost of eggs driven by the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak Jan. 10. Heinrich points to tools, such as HPAI vaccines, that the USDA could...

HALT Fentanyl Act passes U.S. House

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WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced that his Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs, under the Controlled Substances Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives Feb. 7. This permanent scheduling will give law enforcement the tools they need to keep extremely lethal and dangerous drugs off our streets and ensure scientists can research and better understand these substances.

Heinrich, with U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the HALT Fentanyl Act in the Senate during the week of Feb. 3. The bill now awaits Senate passage, before heading to the...

Heinrich, Luján demand VA Secretary Collins defend veterans' private information from Musk

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WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., joined 25 Senate Democrats to urge Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to immediately secure veterans’ personal information provided by the VA or other agencies to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency Feb. 7. This call follows Musk’s takeover of the U.S. Treasury’s payment system, which includes private information of veterans and their families, and reports of DOGE employees accessing VA computer systems at the Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

In a letter, the senators demanded that Collins deny and sever Musk and DOGE’s access to any VA or other...

Legislators introduce bipartisan HALT Fentanyl Act

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act Jan. 30. This permanent scheduling will give law enforcement the tools they need to keep extremely lethal and dangerous drugs off our streets and ensure scientists can research and better understand these substances.

 

“We’re losing nearly 75,000 Americans each year to illicit fentanyl overdoses,” Heinrich said. “I refuse to accept this reality, and that’s why I’m working to deliver tools law...

House Republicans champion bipartisan solutions to New Mexico's crime crisis

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SANTA FE — The New Mexico House Republicans are proud to announce tough-on-crime legislation built from a collaboration with Democrat District Attorney from Bernalillo County Sam Bregman and introduced by Rep. Andrea Reeb, R-Clovis.

As the 9th Judicial District Attorney for over 25 years, Reeb has a deep personal understanding of just how out of control New Mexico's juvenile crime crisis has become. Her professional experience as a New Mexico prosecutor led Reeb to the conclusion that New Mexico's Delinquency Act is in dire need of reform.

The New Mexico House Republicans are proud to announce that the bill introduced by Reeb has bipartisan cooperation, signaling the same point that...
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