# Martin Heinrich
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Martin Trevor Heinrich ( HYNE-rik; born October 17, 1971) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Mexico, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Heinrich served as the U.S. representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. He and fellow senator Ben Ray Luján are the co-deans of New Mexico's congressional delegation.
Sen. Martin Heinrich’s permitting state of play
Sen. Martin Heinrich, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joins POLITICO Energy's Josh Siegel to discuss the rising cost of energy, permitting reform negotiations, climate policy and the growing power demands of AI data centers. Heinrich predicts midterm gains for…
The AI Race America Might Not Be Ready For | Sen. Martin Heinrich
Senator Martin Heinrich joins American Power to explore why energy has become one of America's most important national security challenges. Together with Nat Towsen, Chad Scott, and Matt Randolph, he breaks down the Strait of Hormuz, diplomacy with Iran, the AI race with China, the future of the el…
Demands grow for facts on how Trump's Reflecting Pool lie was 'cooked up'
The Vandalism Lie Was Not a Mistake
Power Wrote the Story
This was never just about damage to a reflecting pool. The real question is who had the power to turn a contractor failure into a criminal case. According to the source material, Interior Department officials knew the problem traced to “a ru…
Senator blocks bipartisan crackdown on AI data centre power bills as Treasury yield nears critical 5% level
A bill aimed at curbing soaring utility costs for AI data centers has hit a snag in the Senate. New Mexico Democrat Martin Heinrich blocked the bipartisan measure calling it only a half-measure leaving lawmakers divided on how to proceed. The setback comes as power demand from data centers continue…
Splunk's Unification Push, AI's Energy Bill, and a King's Warning to AI Leaders
This week's Techstrong panel decodes three stories driving enterprise IT decisions right now. First, Splunk's aggressive move to unify observability, security, and agentic-AI operations — and how Cisco just plugged the gap in Splunk's on-prem story with the same AI tools going to enterprise IT stac…
Transmission tax credits and ratepayer shields hit AI buildout — September 24, 2026
Heinrich’s transmission tax credit proposal lands as California hardens data-center cost rules and AWS moves to buy Hong Kong capacity, underscoring the same constraint across AI infrastructure: power access, cost allocation, and ownership of scarce sites are becoming strategic battlegrounds.
In th…
Speed to Power, The Permitting Deal, and How Lame the Duck Will Be
Washington says the structure of a permitting deal is done, and the White House put 300 stalled wind and solar projects on the table to get there. Whether any of it happens depends on how lame the [lame] duck turns out to be — the House is gone until November, and a majority that may be about to lo…
The Permitting Bill Is Out. Senator Heinrich Walks Us Through It.
Four senators introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on September 30. One of them recorded this episode with Jigar the day before.
The bill puts deadlines on federal environmental reviews, gives opponents 150 days to sue instead of five years, hands the federal government a …
Trump Reopens Watergate Investigation, He’s Rewriting History
Aaron Parnas reports on breaking news of Trump reopening the Watergate investigation as he attempts to rewrite history, including an exclusive interview with Senator Martin Heinrich to discuss the latest affordability crisis, how his state is tackling the issue, and much more!
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Senator Martin Heinrich unpacks his new permitting reform bill
If there’s one thing stakeholders in the energy sector can agree on, it’s that new infrastructure needs to get built faster and more reliably. A recent Crux study, for instance, found that federal permitting delays hamper clean energy projects for an average of six months; cancellations due to endl…
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