Martin Heinrich: “Thank you for holding this hearing, Chairman Beyer. I really appreciate it.”

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.

Senator Martin Heinrich’s bipartisan Forest Bioeconomy 5 Act complements that work by finding productive uses for small diameter trees removed during forest treatments.

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

We’re going to get to ‘yes’ faster. We’re also going to get to ‘no’ faster when a project is harmful.