Martin Heinrich

Our ability to project and sustain force, at the time and place of our choosing, is one of the most critical elements of our military might.

I want to thank you for your focus and your commitment to funding WIPP in a way that ensures proper maintenance but also safe operation because we cannot afford to have a deviation from the safe operation of that facility.

I am going to shift gears a little bit right now, Secretary, and talk a little bit about trusted electronics.

I think that draws just sort of a fine point on--we need to be doing everything we can right now to increase that deterrent value, because it's not being effective.

Make sure we never have to fight a fair fight.

A strong, well-staffed Department of State is critical to the success of our overseas military mission.

I want to just get the best deal for the best product for the people who actually use it on the front lines.

The best way to avoid these kinds of problems was, having a methodical review for every dollar going out.

I think it deserves some oversight.

Secretary Rapuano, over the past year, we've heard news reports highlighting problems facing servicemembers and veterans seeking treatment at the Department of Veterans Affairs whose radiation exposure was not recorded or tracked.

I think we really need to put some thought into this, because this is a situation that feels like it could get ahead of all of us very quickly.

I think the government manages on behalf of all of us and our constituents.

First, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act would complete the community proposal for the region included in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument that was designated in 2014.

I want to thank, in particular, my colleague from New Mexico, Senator Udall, for his superb leadership on these bills over the course of many years now.

These commonsense bills would hold the Federal Government accountable for promises that have been made to our constituents.

So when I think of the Polar Vortex or even this latest Bomb Cyclone, if I am getting that term correct, the unsung hero that I think about that gets very little attention is actually demand response.

I think baseload, oftentimes today, is more of a political term than an engineering term.

I believe we need a greater sense of urgency in space.

OTAs provide a powerful vehicle for encouraging innovation and speeding up the contracting process for small businesses.

One outcome of this summit was that New Mexico became the first state that requires investor-owned utility companies to include storage in their integrated resource plans.

I was pleased to host in Albuquerque last year a summit that was focused just on energy storage.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing today, and I am certainly pleased to co-sponsor three of the bills on today's agenda.

While we have been able to drive down unemployment in recent years, you know, one of the things we haven't seen in that tightening labor market has been upward pressure on wages.

But we are not going to be able to make those kinds of investments if Republicans insist on adding another $1.5 trillion to the debt for tax giveaways to the wealthy.

For the cost of the current tax proposals, we could literally provide all children with early learning opportunities, plus offer students free tuition at community colleges and public universities, ensure broadband access for every…