Martin Heinrich

I hope the committee will look at this, as we have had a number of places around the country where there has been a direct conflict between taking land out of production to do renewable projects.

The New Mexico delegation actually requested that President Biden waive the Federal cost share for FEMA assistance.

The international community's sanctions and economic work with respect to Russia have resulted in quite impressive outcomes.

The government's collection of Americans' records in bulk infringed on the privacy and civil liberties of ordinary Americans.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:56 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 11 a.m…

This bill would have $97.5 million available every year through a non-competitive grant program that the Tribes want to work out directly with BIA, and it is a game changer.

Senator Heinrich's and Senator Blunt's bill is the game changer that we need to ensure the full diversity of wildlife survives and thrives.

I want my grandchildren to experience the same wonder I had as a child catching leopard frogs, watching fireflies light up the dark.

I have been very proud to team up with my Republican colleague from Missouri, Senator Roy Blunt, on this bipartisan legislation.

We have a once in a generation opportunity to change this paradigm and save thousands of species with a solution that matches the magnitude of the challenge.

Inaction is the ally of extinction.

RAWA would establish a robust and reliable Federal funding stream for collaborative, proactive, voluntary, on the ground conservation work.

This legislation really seeks to streamline that process to make it more user-friendly--to make it more flexible.

Yes, it seems like one of the things we all agree on actually, which is surprising that we can all agree on something, is that we would like to see more participation in the labor force.

The Build Back Better plan would limit out-of-pocket expenses for childcare to 7 percent of a family's income.

I think you all, as federal agencies, have a trust responsibility to take care of the public land

I very much support this legislation that Senator Cassidy, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator King have all put so much effort into.

Thank you, Chair Cortez Masto, for holding today's legislative hearing and for including a longstanding issue of importance to many New Mexicans.

The Buffalo Tract Protection Act would permanently withdraw four small parcels of BLM land near Placitas, New Mexico from mineral development.

If we are not defending the prescriptive easements that the public uses to access their public lands after a century in Montana, I worry about that spreading to New Mexico and other places as well.

The scale of the challenges our planet is facing as a result of climate change is great.

I believe the second biggest emitter in the world today after China, but we're also the largest historical emitter.

That math doesn't work, and it doesn't work because an internal combustion engine is only about 30 to 35 percent efficient.

If we electrify we can actually cut our primary energy in half.

Each of these electric substitutes can help reduce our climate pollution and create savings on our energy bills.