Martin Heinrich

Progressive

Democrat

Senator

New Mexico

Current Position: Senator from New Mexico

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For protecting Social Security and Medicare against cuts
For funding child nutrition programs and reducing food insecurity
For expanding affordable housing options and protecting tenant assistance for rural renters
For universal childcare and making it federally funded in New Mexico
For permanently extending the Child Tax Credit
For passing the largest federal infrastructure investment in history, including roads, bridges, water pipes, and energy infrastructure

For protecting access to IVF
For protecting the right to contraception
For protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act
For Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies
For a $35/month insulin cap for Medicare enrollees
For expanding telehealth access, particularly in rural areas
For improving maternal and infant healthcare
For protecting and expanding veteran healthcare, including passing the PACT Act for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
For blocking closure of rural VA clinics in New Mexico
For the Veterans Choice Act allowing veterans to receive care closer to home
For reducing health insurance premiums and repealing the Cadillac Tax on employee health plans
For securing federal funding to combat the opioid epidemic and expand mental health services
For expanding access to opioid addiction treatment medicines, including buprenorphine
For growing the mental health workforce, including bilingual providers

For expanding apprenticeship programs and vocational training
For early childhood education investment and school-based mental health services
For improving teacher recruitment and training

For protecting and expanding public lands, including national parks, monuments, and wilderness designations
For fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund
For climate action and clean energy investment, including the largest-ever federal clean energy manufacturing investment
For renewable energy tax incentives and rebates for zero-emission home appliances
For streamlining transmission permitting to expand clean energy infrastructure
Against natural gas waste; for upholding federal rules limiting it
For lowering energy costs through rebate programs for efficient electric appliances

For abortion rights; supports codifying the right to abortion into federal law and worked to overturn New Mexico's previous state abortion ban
For honoring treaty rights and improving healthcare access for Native American communities through the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

For restoring and strengthening the Voting Rights Act
For overturning Citizens United
For banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks

For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and improved border security
For a reformed asylum process and a tough but fair path to legal residency for undocumented immigrants who pass background checks and pay taxes
For expanding international trade through New Mexico border crossings

For increased funding and technology for local law enforcement, including crime gun ballistics analysis and rapid DNA testing
For comprehensive policing reform legislation focused on accountability, transparency, and community engagement
For universal background checks for firearm purchases
For closing the "boyfriend loophole" and the gun show loophole in federal background check requirements
For increased criminal penalties for straw purchasers who help get guns into the wrong hands
For banning bump stocks and making that ban permanent
For banning ghost guns
For the GOSAFE Act to regulate and limit gas-operated semi-automatic firearms used in mass shootings
For criminalizing firearm trafficking to Mexico
For permanently scheduling fentanyl to give law enforcement stronger enforcement tools
For cracking down on the fentanyl supply chain by targeting Chinese chemical suppliers and Mexican cartels