Martin Heinrich: “I think, you know, as Congress considers, you know, making changes to the Tax Code, you have to make some tough…”

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 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.

We need permitting reform to put more electrons on the grid. It results in more jobs, and it's the one thing that can bring down the pressure on the cost of electricity and energy right now.