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2025-2026

With Electricity Costs Rising Nationwide, Heinrich Leads Letter with Wyden, Van Hollen, and Rosen in Calling on Burgum to Revoke July Directive Blocking New, Cheaper Energy From the Grid

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum to rescind a July 15th, 2025, directive that requires […]

Ranking Members Heinrich, Huffman, Smith, Pallone Demand Answers from Trump Administration for Killing Jobs and Increasing Energy Costs by Halting Clean Energy Projects

Ranking Members to Trump Administration: “The pause affects projects that, together, would generate enough electricity to power almost 2.7 million homes.”  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, and […]

VIDEO: Heinrich Delivers Floor Speech on Future of Permitting Reform

Heinrich: “Across New Mexico and the country, people are looking at their bills and asking how they are going to find the money to keep their lights on.   “The answer is that Americans need more affordable energy, more electrons on the grid, not less, and they need it now.  WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich […]

NEW DATA: Under Trump, New Mexicans’ Annual Electricity Bills Are Up 8% Per Family

Heinrich: “President Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy, his massive tariff-taxes, and his assault on health care are making things worse, not better.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement following […]

Chairman Lee Releases ENR Budget Reconciliation Text

Today, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released legislative text to be considered as part of Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill. “This is President Trump’s agenda: cut the Green New Scam, reduce the deficit, and unleash American energy,” said Chairman Lee. “We’re cutting billions in unused Biden-era climate slush […]

Lee, Curtis Introduce Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and John Curtis (R-Utah), introduced the Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act. This legislation conveys approximately 24 acres of federally managed land from the Dixie National Forest directly to Brian Head Town in Iron County, enabling critical expansion of local public […]

Senate Energy Committee Advances Four DOE, USGS Nominees

Washington – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced four of President Trump’s nominees for key positions at the Department of Energy and the U.S. Geological Survey: Mr. Jonathan Brightbill – General Counsel of the Department of Energy Ms. Tina Pierce – Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Energy Mr. Conner Prochaska – […]

Lee, Colleagues Lead Legislation to Counter Adversary Nuclear Program

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the International Nuclear Energy Act. This legislation aims to support the U.S. domestic nuclear energy industry’s leadership and offset China and Russia’s growing influence on international […]