WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which falls on Monday, January 19.
"When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in December 1964, he spoke about the imperative to protest injustice and remedy poverty. He told the group gathered that he did so 'with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind'.
"It had been only months since three men were murdered for trying to register Black voters in Mississippi and less than two years since fire hoses and dogs were unleashed on Black children protesting in Alabama.
"Even in the face of t...