Martin Heinrich

I continue to be a strong supporter of a modest set-aside of funding for Laboratory-Directed Research and Development.

However, I believe maintenance of WIPP must be a top priority.

Do you have a forecast of what NNSA plans to spend over the following two years?

Instead, Republicans chose to cut taxes for large corporations and the super wealthy, and left Americans hoping that those cuts would somehow trickle down to workers.

Meanwhile, the wealthiest 5 percent walk away with an astonishing 99 percent of the tax benefits.

Independent analysis shows that within 10 years, more than half of working families will pay higher taxes than they would have before the new GOP tax law.

Rushed through with no bipartisan input, the GOP tax law jeopardizes our fiscal position and further tilts the scales in favor of large corporations and wealthy individuals.

The Republican tax bill serves special interests and will cost our children dearly for generations to come.

If, God forbid, that--you know, I hope I am wrong--but if this banking bill were to lead us into another financial crisis, would this Administration want to oppose any public bank bailouts for banks that took on too much systemic risk?

Why is now the right time to expose consumers again to the kinds of systemic risk that got us into this financial crisis in the first place?

I think Apple is seeing that real money. My constituents are still waiting for their real increase in wages.

I am looking forward to seeing how this models out over time, or how the models match up to reality.

We were chasing the capital offshore. And without capital there was no productivity growth. And without productivity growth, there was no wage growth.

If you want to guarantee families $4,000 in their income, why not just cut out the middle man and give them a $4,000 tax cut in their income taxes?

The corporate tax cuts just passed by my Republican colleagues would lead to a $4,000 increase in average household income.

I am curious if the President is interested in reciprocity and proportionality, so much of our challenge there in terms of abuse has been with China not with Canada.

Instead, they handed out goodies to large corporations and the uber wealthy, and risked our long-term economic health.

My Republican colleagues could have joined with Democrats to invest in children, to invest in workers, education, our long-term economic success.

The Republican tax bill serves special interests and will cost our children dearly for generations to come.

We're running out of time.

I'd love to hear somebody say, 'the buck stops here' instead of 'whole-of-government approach.'

Saying 'whole-of-government approach' is not a substitute for action.

I fear that the phrase 'whole-of-government approach' has become a catchall for 'it's someone else's job.'

I think that's good news to all of us here who recognize, as you've said, that we've sort of taken a break from modernization for far too long.

I think one of the things you'll find at White Sands is that it's an incredibly safe community, with good-quality family housing, and, for that matter, one of the best schools in the State.