WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democrats to introduce the Lower Health Care Costs Act, legislation to extend the enhanced premium ACA tax credits for three years and protect New Mexicans from Trump's affordability crisis, which is skyrocketing the cost of health care. The legislation is led by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

The full text of the Lower Health Care Costs Act is here (https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/lower_health_care_costs_act.pdf).

Republicans control the House, Senate, and the White House. In the most recent government shutdown, Trump and Republicans chose not to work with Heinrich and Democrats t...