Martin Heinrich: “But miles and miles apart. New Jersey has a coastline. New Mexico does not have anything resembling an ocean anywhere…”

“But miles and miles apart. New Jersey has a coastline. New Mexico does not have anything resembling an ocean anywhere near us. Our States have incredibly different histories and yet so many of the same kinds of issues. I think another State that could have a different set of issues, yet many of the same threads run through it, is obviously the State of Hawaii. Our colleague Senator Schatz of Hawaii took it upon himself to help organize this. I have been amazed at the things that my home State of New Mexico has in common with the State of Hawaii. I wonder if the Senator would maybe spend a little time talking about what with regard to his constituents inspires him when the Senator sees how they are stepping up and doing what we need to do in the Senate, recognizing there is a problem that we as a nation or at least in our communities have the potential to solve.”