Heinrich Joins Colleagues in Fight Against Rescission of Key Energy Leasing That Will Harm Access to America’s Public Lands
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, in denouncing the BLM’s proposal to rescind the 2024 Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process rule […]
Heinrich Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Advance Responsible, International Nuclear Energy Cooperation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), introduced the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Act to codify the U.S. State Department’s FIRST program advocating for the responsible deployment […]
Heinrich, Wyden Demand Accountability From DOI Following Report that Agency Officials Destroyed Official Records
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 Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum demanding answers on whether DOI complies with federal records retention requirements, calling for accountability and transparency regarding […]
Heinrich Statement Condemning Trump Administration Proposal to Repeal the Roadless Rule, Remove Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Lands
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement reacting to the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has filed a proposed rule to rescind the Roadless Rule. Established more than 20 years ago, the Roadless Rule protects nearly […]
Heinrich, Huffman, Thompson, and Hernandez Want Answers on Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis from Government Watchdog
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, along with Pablo José Hernández (D-P.R.), Resident Commissioner of Puerto […]
Heinrich Calls for a Full GAO Audit of Trump’s Ballroom Project
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined top Senate Democrats in sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown to audit and assess the full scope and cost of the White House ballroom project. […]
Ranking Members Heinrich and Huffman Call for GAO Investigation into Potential Conflicts of Interest and Preferential Treatment in Trump Administration’s Financing of Private Mining Investments
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate use of taxpayer dollars to acquire financial stakes in private mining companies […]
Heinrich Leads Letter Opposing Interior’s Wilderness Policy Review, Another Ploy by the Trump Administration to Weaken Public Lands Protections
Heinrich, colleagues: “Given this administration’s obsession with development and disposal of public lands, it seems clear that this comment period is really just a ploy to weaken protections for public lands” WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led nine colleagues in sending […]
Heinrich, Luján, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Opposing Trump’s Move to Strip Protections From Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led 34 Senators in a letter to President Trump expressing strong opposition to his executive order reducing the boundaries and stripping protections from the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears […]
Heinrich Leads Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Fetterman, and King in Urging USDA Secretary to Reverse Course on Efforts to Slow-Walk Clean Energy Development
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 Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Angus King (I-Maine), in sending a letter to U.S. Department of […]