Martin Heinrich: “I want to recognize the work that Senator Bingaman did on the 2 bills relating to New Mexico today.”

Nuclear energy is an important part of our clean energy future, and the United States should lead in advancing its safe and responsible deployment around the world.

To put a mine where we went this week just seems insane to me. It would put at risk one of the last great wilderness areas in North America — not just the Boundary Waters, but the Boundary Waters, Quetico and Voyageurs.

We cannot afford to go backwards and make Americans’ health worse.

We need to make sure America can meet growing electricity demand without forcing working families and small businesses to fully subsidize the infrastructure required by the nation’s biggest energy users.