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WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, asked FERC Chairwoman Laura Swett and fellow Commissioners Lindsay See, Judy Chang, David LaCerte, and David Rosner, about how Congress...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown calling for an investigation into the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) wind leasing and permitting practices,...
WASHINGTON – Today, during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to conduct oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to block renewable energy projects that could increase electricity...
IN THE NEWS
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich called on President Donald Trump to sign bipartisan housing legislation into law, after Trump abruptly canceled his plans to do so Wednesday morning.
Trump posted on social media Wednesday morning he would not sign the housing legislation, called the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, until the Senate passed his bill...
When I draw a hunting tag, especially for elk, one of the first things I do is pull out a map. I look for public land – and then I look for roads, because that’s where the elk aren’t.
That’s because elk need food, water, and a secure place to bed – and that usually means being miles from any open roads. Want to fill your freezer? Find the roadless...
Numerous members of the Senate Democratic caucus sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, urging it to do more to curb the New World screwworm fly that recently crossed the border.
There are seven confirmed cases of the flesh-eating pest in the U.S., six in Texas and one in New Mexico, threatening the region's livestock industry.
The...
MARTIN’S BLOG
Chaco Canyon is one of the most sacred and culturally significant places in New Mexico. And right now, we need you to help us protect it by submitting a public comment before July 29.
Dear Friend,
250 years ago, a group of Americans declared that government exists to serve people—not the other way around. That radical idea became the foundation of this nation, and it’s one worth fighting for in every generation.
Last week, Senate Republicans on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee took a bipartisan wildfire bill and made it a Trojan Horse to repeal the Roadless Rule. Now the legislation will go to the Senate Floor, completely bypassing public input – 99 percent of whom want the Roadless Rule to stay. The bottom line is: The Roadless Rule...
