Martin Heinrich: “This budget strives to do that and requests a mandatory appropriation of $153 billion.”

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

Since time immemorial, Native people have called the land we now know as New Mexico and the United States home. Their histories and legacy deserve enormous respect. That is why I am proud to continue leading the effort in the Senate to…

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.

I would be very concerned if this were an engineered pathogen. I don't have any unique information saying that is the case. But if it were the case, that would be cause for alarm.