Heinrich Highlights Economic Benefits of America’s National Parks, Condemns Recent Announcement to Remove Fee-Free Admission of Juneteenth and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks hearing to consider 26 pending bills, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full committee, delivered opening remarks on the role national parks play in boosting our country’s economy and the importance of protecting public lands as the Trump […]
ICYMI: Ranking Member Heinrich Delivers Remarks on Senate Floor Stressing Need to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Blasts Trump Administration For Relentless, Ongoing Attacks on Public Lands
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor stressing the need to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and urged his colleagues to vote no on a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval that will upend the management plan […]
Heinrich Advocates for Mining Pollution Cleanup of Pecos Watershed, Protection of Gila River in Opening Statement
Heinrich on the Pecos Watershed: “Because the waste and tailings from those mines have never been adequately cleaned up, the communities and landowners in the Pecos area still suffer with polluted water and soil today.” WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to examine 26 […]
Heinrich Secures Commitment from U.S. Forest Service to Visit and Meet with New Mexicans in Pecos Valley, Slams Administration for Repealing Roadless Rule
Heinrich to U.S. Forest Service: “We want these decisions to be rooted in local communities, and yet they seem to have been cut out of this process” VIDEO HERE WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), […]
ICYMI: Heinrich Blasts Congressional Republicans for Doubling Down on Legislation that Threatens Public Lands
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor, blasting Republicans for their latest effort to use a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to upend Resource Management Plans (RMPs). If signed into law, this Congressional Review Act […]
Heinrich, Lee Back DOE Proposal Requiring FERC Action on Large-Load Grid Connections
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Committee, issued a bipartisan letter supporting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) taking up the issue of how to better manage the interconnection of new energy resources and large […]
Heinrich Questions Experts on Resource Management Plans, and Dangerous Impact of Recently Passed Legislation that Limits Public Input
WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) affects permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure projects on public lands, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the […]
Heinrich Emphasizes the Importance of Creating Land Management Plans that Balance Preservation of Public Lands and Permitting Processes
WASHINGTON — In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process impacts permitting under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, emphasized the importance of making resource […]
Lee, Heinrich, Back DOE Proposal Requiring FERC Action on Large-Load Grid Connections
WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Committee, issued a bipartisan letter supporting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) taking up the issue of how to better manage the interconnection of new energy resources and large load centers. Secretary Chris Wright recently proposed a rule under Section […]
New Mexico Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Reverse Course, Protect Chaco Canyon
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department […]