Heinrich Raises Questions on Potential Ethics Violations by Senior Official at Department of the Interior
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Burgum requesting a briefing from the Department’s Designated Ethics Official (DAO) regarding actions of Karen Budd-Falen, the Department’s Associate Deputy Secretary, that raise serious […]
Heinrich Releases Statement Ahead of Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Video Here 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 ahead of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge tomorrow, June 5, which will open up the area’s 1.56 million acres for harmful drilling: […]
Heinrich Releases New Fact Sheet Outlining Lower Costs for Electric Vehicle Users Amid Trump’s Volatile Gas Prices
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how much families save with electric vehicles (EVs) as gas prices skyrocket because of President Trump’s war in Iran. According to his fact sheet, families with EVs save $1,300 […]
Heinrich, Warren Press White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Trump Administration’s Plans to Lower Energy Prices
Letter follows President Trump’s claims of “fake inflation,” as Americans struggle to pay more than $4 a gallon for gasoline Read the letter here WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and […]
Heinrich Statement on Senate Confirmation of Steve Pearce as Director of 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 (ENR), released the following statement in response to the Senate’s confirmation of former Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): “I’ve strongly disagreed with Congressman Pearce’s past opposition to national monument designations […]
Chairman Lee Applauds Senate Confirmation of ENR Nominees
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released a statement after the Senate confirmed an additional 49 of President Trump’s nominees this week, three of which came out of the ENR Committee. Under Lee’s leadership, the Committee has voted to advance 25 of Trump’s nominees, […]
Heinrich Questions Forest Service Chief Schultz on Whether He Will Follow the Law and Disperse Funds Appropriated by Congress, Stresses Importance of Listening to Local Communities Following Pecos Protection Reversal, and Presses Schultz on Using Infrastructure Law Funding for Workforce Reductions
WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration’s Budget Request for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, questioned USFS Chief Tom Schultz on the administration’s budget proposal that cuts funding for state, private, and […]
Heinrich Labels President Trump’s FY27 Forest Service Budget Request a “Roadmap on How to Dismantle the Forest Service”
In opening statement during hearing to examine President Trump’s FY27 budget request, Heinrich emphasizes danger of reorganizing firefighting efforts and defunding programs during wildfire season Video here WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration’s budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for Fiscal Year […]
Heinrich Presses Secretary Burgum on Staffing Cuts at Interior, Slow-Walking of Permits for Clean Energy Projects
Heinrich to Burgum: “If permitting reform is a priority, the permitting system has to work. And if you want members of my Caucus to support permitting reform, we have to know that balls and strikes are going to be called — that there is not a thumb on the scale of this system” WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing […]
ICYMI: Heinrich to Secretary Burgum on Interior Budget Request: “This Budget Would Decimate the Management of Our National Parks and Monuments”
In opening statement during hearing to examine President Trump’s FY27 budget request, Heinrich emphasizes administration’s disregard for our national parks, our public lands, accounting of our nation’s history, our wildlife, and Tribal communities WASHINGTON — Yesterday, during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration’s Budget Request for the Department of the […]