Martin Trevor Heinrich is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Mexico, a seat he has held since 2013.
40 Facts About Martin Heinrich
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Martin Heinrich is the dean of New Mexico's congressional delegation.
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Martin Heinrich was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2008 and reelected in 2010.
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Martin Trevor Heinrich was born in Fallon, near Carson City, Nevada.
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Martin Heinrich is the son of seamstress Shirley A and Pete C Heinrich, a utility company lineman.
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Martin Heinrich's father was born in Waldenburg, Germany, as Heinrich Peter Karl Cordes and later took his stepfather Olaf Heinrich's surname.
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Martin Heinrich attended public schools in Cole Camp, then moved to Columbia, Missouri, in 1989 to attend the University of Missouri.
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Martin Heinrich graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.
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Martin Heinrich left Missouri for Albuquerque to take graduate courses at the University of New Mexico.
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From 1996 to 2001 Martin Heinrich served as executive director of the Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, a New Mexico nonprofit organization dedicated to educating young people on natural science and the environment.
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Martin Heinrich served on the Albuquerque City Council from 2004 to 2008, including one term as city council president in 2006.
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Martin Heinrich advocated the use of wind and solar power.
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In February 2006 Governor Bill Richardson appointed Martin Heinrich to be the state's Natural Resources Trustee.
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In 2008 Martin Heinrich filed papers to run in, based in Albuquerque.
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Martin Heinrich originally planned to challenge five-term Republican incumbent Heather Wilson, but Wilson retired to run for the US Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Pete Domenici.
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Martin Heinrich called for energy independence and an end to the war in Iraq.
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Martin Heinrich was challenged by Republican Jon Barela, who told Politico he did not believe Martin Heinrich reflected the district, saying he was too far left on budget and spending issues.
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Martin Heinrich co-sponsored the Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act, which would cancel an automatic $4,700 salary raise for members of Congress.
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On March 21,2010, Martin Heinrich voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Martin Heinrich served as executive director of the Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, a New Mexico nonprofit organization dedicated to educating young people on natural science and the environment, and founded his own public affairs consulting firm.
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Martin Heinrich served on the executive committee of the Sierra Club's Rio Grande Chapter.
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In late 2019, Martin Heinrich was one of 14 senators to co-sponsor the Green New Deal, a policy introduced in the US House of Representatives and US Senate that would establish net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Martin Heinrich is an outdoorsman, hunter, gun owner, and former member of the National Rifle Association.
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Martin Heinrich opposed legislation that would have reinstated the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
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Martin Heinrich supported bills to create a national standard for the concealed carrying of firearms across state lines, co-sponsored legislation that would ease the restrictions on the sales of firearms across state lines, and called for the repeal of the Dickey Amendment, which prevents government research into curbing gun violence.
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Martin Heinrich supports banning bump stocks and banning sales to anyone on the federal no-fly list.
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Martin Heinrich responded that the work was advocacy that did not require lobbying disclosure.
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Martin Heinrich was a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
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Martin Heinrich announced that he would leave the House to run for the United States Senate seat held by Jeff Bingaman, who retired at the end of his term.
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Martin Heinrich defeated State Auditor Hector Balderas in the Democratic primary.
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Martin Heinrich was reelected to a second term in 2018 over Republican Mick Rich and Libertarian Gary Johnson.
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In November 2020, Martin Heinrich was named a candidate for secretary of the interior in the Biden administration.
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Martin Heinrich was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.
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Martin Heinrich left the chamber to make a phone call and saw that the rioters were overwhelming the Capitol Police.
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Martin Heinrich called the attack an "assault on democracy" and blamed Trump.
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On September 27,2013, Martin Heinrich voted to restore funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as part of an amendment to legislation funding government operations for 45 days, and which omitted House-passed language prioritizing debt payments if Congress fails to increase the nation's borrowing limits.
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On December 21,2017, Martin Heinrich was one of six senators to introduce the Secure Elections Act, legislation authorizing block grants to states to update outdated voting technology as well as form a program for an independent panel of experts that would work to develop cybersecurity guidelines for election systems that states could implement, along with offering states resources to install the recommendations.
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In February 2021, Martin Heinrich was one of seven Democratic US Senators to join Republicans in blocking a ban of hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking.
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On March 16,2021, Martin Heinrich introduced a bill to grant Puerto Rico statehood.
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Martin Heinrich served on the following Senate committees in the 118th Congress:.