Heinrich Addresses Central American Refugee Crisis
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., delivered a speech on the Senate floor July 16 on the current Central American refugee crisis.
Last week, he joined U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on a tour of the temporary facility for undocumented parents and their children at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center campus in Artesia.
Heinrich has long been a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, and is a proponent of the president’s emergency supplemental request to address the Read More
Udall Addresses Troubled N.M. VA Hospital
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall meets with Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald. Courtesy photoHeinrich Video Addresses Wildfire Funding Reform
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing July 15, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., continued to push to reform federal wildfire policy by funding major wildfires the same way as other natural disasters, while freeing up funding to prevent future fires.
The committee considered the Administration’s wildfire preparedness and forest service 2015 fiscal year budget proposal, which includes a plan based on a bill Heinrich is co-sponsoring, which would treat the largest fires — roughly Read More
Storytelling Highlights Valles Caldera Birthday
Courtesy/VCNP
VCNP News:
The Valles Caldera National Preserve will host the Jemez Mountains Storytelling Jamboree 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., July 26 at the Valle Grande staging area located just inside the Preserve’s main entrance.
There is no admission charge to attend the jamboree, so bring your family and friends for a day of fun and entertainment by some of the area’s most talented storytellers.
The jamboree is the highlight of the 2014 Birthday Celebration that commemorates the creation of the Preserve. Fourteen years ago on July 25, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed the Valles Caldera Preservation
FBI: Former MDC Corrections Officer Faces Federal Drug Trafficking Charge
Lucas Segura
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Lucas Segura, 22, of Los Lunas made his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque Thursday morning on an indictment charging him with a heroin trafficking offense. Segura remains in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for today.
The indictment alleges that Segura unlawfully possessed heroin with intent to distribute in Bernalillo County April 1. At the time of the offense charged, Segura was a corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC).
According to state court filings, Segura was arrested
Luján Joins Effort to Limit Money in Politics
Rep. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced July 15 that he has joined in an effort to limit money in politics by introducing an amendment to the United States Constitution.
The constitutional amendment would overturn Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United vs. FEC and McCutcheon vs. FEC in an effort to reduce the growing influence of money in the political system. The constitutional amendment is the companion to the amendment introduced in the Senate by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and passed out of the Senate Judiciary Read More
Heinrich on Confirmation of Norman Bay to FERC
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the following statement after voting to confirm Norman C. Bay to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Bay was confirmed by a vote of 52 to 45. The president is expected to designate him to be chairman of FERC next year.
Heinrich spoke on the Senate floor in support of Bay’s nomination:
“Norman Bay is an outstanding public servant with extensive experience to address our energy challenges in New Mexico and around the nation. I am Read More
Udall Expresses Disappointment in GOP Filibuster Over Hobby Lobby Decision
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., expressed disappointment Wednesday, after Republicans blocked debate on a bill to restore women’s access to contraceptive health care in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 split decision in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby.
The court ruled that closely held corporations may deny coverage for certain forms of birth control if members of the board object on religious grounds.
The filibuster of the Not My Boss’s Business Act, which Udall cosponsored, prevented the Senate from considering a measure Read More
Expansion of WIC Reimbursements to Include Farm Food Stands
Gov. Susana Martinez
WIC News:
DOE: Largest Such Project in World Will Capture 1.4 Million Tons of CO2 Annually
DOE News:
The Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with NRG Energy Inc. and JX Nippon announced Tuesday that construction has begun on the first commercial-scale, post-combustion carbon-capture retrofit project in the U.S., the largest such project in the world.
The Petra Nova Project will use cutting edge technology to help decrease the power plant’s greenhouse gas emissions. Once completed, the energy technology project will capture about 1.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually from an existing coal-fired power plant in Texas. The captured Read More