Martin Heinrich: “Unfortunately, this is yet another markup in this Committee where we are not conserving a single additional acre of…”

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.

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

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.