Martin Heinrich: “Employers complain they can't find candidates with the right skills to grow their business.”

We want to build the jobs in New Mexico that you can build a family around, and that's what unions are all about. That's the way I grew up with my dad.

Our whole premise as we approached this permitting bill was: How do we create a faster process, not lower the bar on standards.

It was not easy. It took longer than we would like, but everyone was committed to getting there.

My Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is going to generate benefits for our skilled workers in the state of New Mexico for a very long time to come.