Martin Heinrich: “One of the most important jobs I have is just helping constituents when they are having trouble with a Federal agency.”

Our national parks and public lands are part of our shared identity.

The Trump administration has not provided transparency into the use of federal funds for the East Wing project, and they have limited congressional oversight, meaningful public input, and adherence to established federal processes.

To put a mine where we went this week just seems insane to me. It would put at risk one of the last great wilderness areas in North America — not just the Boundary Waters, but the Boundary Waters, Quetico and Voyageurs.

We're very thick in the negotiations right now, and whether or not we could land something before August, I'm not going to speculate.