{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-votes-to-keep-government-open-secures-additional-15-billion-for-hermits-peak/calf-canyon-recovery", "Heinrich Votes to Keep Government Open, Secures Additional $1.5 Billion for Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Recovery", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", "heinrich", "https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, voted to pass a continuing resolution that will keep federal agencies funded through March 14, 2025.\n\nIn addition to avoiding a disastrous Republican-caused government shutdown, the Continuing Resolution funds critically needed disaster assistance for communities across New Mexico and the country, delivers an additional $1.5 billion for New Mexicans recovering and rebuilding from the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, extends the period that victims may start claims with the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office, delivers necessary disaster relief for farmers, and extends the 2018 Farm Bill for one more year while Congress continues work to pass a new farm bill that best supports working families, the farmers that produce our food and fiber, and our rural communities.\n\n\u201cDespite Elon Musk and Donald Trump\u2019s best efforts, Democrats came together to avert a government shutdown that would\u2019ve devastated our economy, hurt working families, and thrust our government into chaos right before Christmas.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased we secured a number of my top priorities, including $1.5 billion aimed at helping New Mexicans recover and rebuild from the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. While we got this done on behalf of working families, this was far from a success.\n\n\u201cIf the last two days proved anything, it\u2019s that Republicans are willing to use working people as pawns, bending to the whims of an unelected billionaire and his puppet \u2014 even if it means risking YOUR paycheck, YOUR health care, and YOUR family\u2019s well-being.\n\n\u201cMy North Star has and continues to be passing serious appropriations bills and delivering for New Mexico and the American people. That\u2019s who I fight for.\u201d\n\nHeinrich will continue pressing House and Senate leadership to take up and pass full-year appropriations bills that the Senate Appropriations Committee passed on a bipartisan vote. In total, those bills contain over $300 million for New Mexico and more than $124 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for 138 local projects across the state.\n\nAs a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Heinrich helped secure the following in the Continuing Resolution passed today:\n\n$1.5 billion for Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Relief\n\nHeinrich, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez (D-N.M.) successfully secured an additional $1.5 billion to help New Mexicans recover from the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.\n\nThe Continuing Resolution also extends the period that victims may file claims with the Hermit\u2019s Peak Claims Office to March 14, 2025. The lawmakers are continuing to call for the passage of their Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Extension Act, legislation they introduced last year to extend the period a victim can file a claim with the Hermit\u2019s Peak Claims Office through the end of 2027.\n\nThe New Mexico Congressional Delegation has now secured a total of $5.45 billion in federal resources to help New Mexicans recover and rebuild since the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire started in April 2022.\n\nLast month, Heinrich, Luj\u00e1n, and Leger Fern\u00e1ndez announced that President Biden\u2019s disaster supplemental request included transfer authority for $1.5 billion to help New Mexicans recover from the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. Heinrich, Luj\u00e1n, and Leger Fern\u00e1ndez also sent a letter urging the FEMA Director of the Hermit\u2019s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office and the FEMA Director of the New Mexico Joint Recovery Office to address concerns from New Mexicans about the process for receiving compensation from the Claims Office and help families get the relief and compensation needed to recover.\n\nKey Public Health Extensions\n\nAmong other health provisions, Heinrich secured an extension of the special diabetes program for Type I diabetes, including an extension of funding for special diabetes programs for Native Americans. Critical flexibilities for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics providing telehealth in health shortage areas \u2014 including mental health and substance use disorder treatment \u2014 will now be extended. This will allow for continued patient care without the hurdle of the Medicare in-person requirements for treatment maintenance.\n\nAdditionally, there will be a delay to hospital payment cuts in New Mexico for disproportionate share hospitals. 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