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 […]
Lee, Senators to Wright: Ban Chinese Nationals from American Laboratories
Washington, D.C. — Senate Energy and National Resources Committee Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Todd Young (R-Indiana), and Jim Justice (R-West Virginia), today sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Chris […]
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 […]
Trump’s Assault on Wind Energy Leaves Permitting Reform Dead in the Water
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 after the Trump Administration stopped five offshore wind farms that were under construction—adding to the growing number of onshore […]
Heinrich Releases New Fact Sheet on Rising Electric Bills on Trump’s Watch
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how President Trump’s actions are gutting the energy sector and hiking up costs for families across the country. Since President Trump took office, household electricity bills have gone up 13%, with […]
ICYMI: During Committee Markup, Heinrich Spotlights Need to Pass His Bipartisan Legislation to Complete Continental Divide Trail
WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, emphasized the need to pass legislation to improve New Mexicans’ access to their public lands, including his bipartisan Continental Divide Completion Act, which would complete […]
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 business meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 9:30 am. The purpose of the business meeting is to is to consider pending legislation on the agenda below. The hearing will be webcast live on […]
ICYMI: Heinrich Speaks at Semafor’s Principals Event on Permitting Reform
PHOTOS HERE WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke at Semafor’s Principals Live – Powering America’s Future event in D.C. about permitting reform legislation in Congress. During the fireside chat moderated by Semafor’s Congressional Bureau Chief Burgess Everett, Heinrich emphasized the […]