HEINRICH MEETS WITH CADETS AT NEW MEXICO YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY & NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE, TOURS NEWLY RENOVATED HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER & EXPANDED NURSING PROGRAM AT EASTERN NM UNIVERSITY-ROSWELL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

ROSWELL, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, met with cadets at the New Mexico Youth Challenge Academy and the New Mexico Military Institute, and toured Eastern NM University-Roswell's (ENMU-R) newly renovated health science center, automotive and welding technology center, and expanded nursing program.

Heinrich toured the New Mexico Youth Challenge Academy campus and met with cadets enrolled at the academy. While there, he also discussed an $87.5 million increase in federal funding he secured for the academy and programs like it across the country to help students earn their high school diploma, ...