Ranking Members Heinrich, King Lead Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging Trump’s Plans for Illegal Monument on National Park Service Land
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, joined lawmakers in filing an amicus brief that would put a stop to President Trump’s plan to construct a commemorative arch on federal property. The amicus brief […]
Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Heinrich Announce Upcoming Committee Schedule
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources announced its schedule for the week. The committee will hold a full committee hearing on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 9:30 am. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the Department of Energy’s implementation of President Trump’s May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders. WITNESSES […]
ICYMI: Heinrich and Whitehouse Host Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs Since Trump Took Office
Household electricity bills costs have gone up by 13% in the last year PHOTOS 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 U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, hosted a roundtable with U.S. Senate […]
ICYMI: Senate Democrats Sound Off on Trump Administration Erasing History on Public Lands
Link to floor speeches here Link to Heinrich’s speech here WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his colleagues on the Senate floor, criticizing the Trump administration for its efforts to erase history on America’s national parks. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, […]
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 […]