Heinrich on Senate Floor: President Trump is dumbing down our history and cheapening our National Parks. But he will not take our history from us.
Heinrich leads Senate colleagues in slamming Trump administration’s efforts to erase history at America’s national parks WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his colleagues in delivering remarks on the Senate floor in condemning and drawing attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to erase American history from public lands. Heinrich’s remarks follow his letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior […]
Heinrich, Blumenthal Lead Colleagues Demanding Trump Reinstate Protections for Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a group of Democratic senators in a letter to President Trump, calling on him to restore vital protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Located off the coast of New England, the Monument is a large biodiverse area […]
Heinrich, Huffman, Markey Lead 60 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump’s Plans to Sell off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led 60 members in the Senate and House in a letter condemning the Trump administration’s plans to auction off sacred and sensitive lands within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil […]
Ranking Members Heinrich and Merkley Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Efforts to Erase History on Public Lands
Heinrich, Merkley, colleagues to Burgum: Removing or sanitizing exhibits that depict the realities of our past sets a dangerous precedent by signaling that history can simply be erased or altered when those in power do not like the truth presented WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural […]
Heinrich and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Permitting Reform
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement on permitting reform: “After discussions with our colleagues, we have decided to reopen negotiations on permitting reform. […]
Heinrich Votes No on Pearce, Commits to Holding BLM Nominee Accountable to Pledges on National Monument and Public Lands
Heinrich: “And while Congressman Pearce has said that his past actions opposing national monument designations and calling for public land sell-offs are in his rearview mirror, they remain very much in the memory of every New Mexican who faced his opposition to protecting the lands that they cherish” WASHINGTON – During a business meeting on […]
Heinrich Announces Opposition to Steve Pearce, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the Bureau of Land Management
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement opposing former Congressman Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): “I have known Congressman Pearce a long time. And while I appreciate his testimony before the Energy and Natural […]
Ranking Member Heinrich, Vice Chair Murray, and Resident Commissioner Hernández Criticize DOE for Illegally Cancelling Puerto Rico Energy Projects
Heinrich, Murray, and Hernández to DOE: “Award recipients relied on DOE’s commitment to its signed contracts in good faith by hiring workers, securing equipment, and promising families relief from persistent power outages—only to have the Department abruptly pull the rug out from under them in order to score political points.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking […]
Heinrich Raises Concerns About Trump BLM Nominee Pearce and Efforts to Sell-Off Public Lands
WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump administration nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, expressed his concerns about Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, former New Mexican Congressman Steve Pearce. As an elected official, Steve Pearce pushed to sell off public lands, opposed a national monument designation, and […]
Heinrich, ENR Democrats Secure Key Commitments from BLM Nominee Steve Pearce
WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump administration nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, and Committee Democrats secured key commitments from former Congressman Steve Pearce, President Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management. In his answers to the Democratic Senators’ questions, […]