Martin Heinrich

If the Senator would yield, we have heard time and time again that when we allowed the market to innovate and deal with these same kinds of challenges--whether it is NO<INF>X</INF> and SOx or other pollutants we have been able to address…

S. 1966 has some strong language bias, in my view, for timber contracts rather than stewardship contracts.

I want to start just by commending the work that he has done on stewardship contracts.

One of the reasons why the market has changed so much, is because of this technology that's been developed, horizontal drilling, but also hydraulic fracturing.

I think last I'll just say, you know, one of the places that we could see a substantial amount of solar development would be in Southern New Mexico.

In an arid western State like New Mexico... there is nothing more valuable than our water resources.

We need to do everything we can to protect those water resources.

I want to thank you for your testimony today. I think, as part of our trust responsibility to our Nation's tribes, all of us on this committee, regardless of whether we have tribes or reservations in our home states, have a responsibility…

I would be remiss if I didn't express some of the concerns that I've been hearing actually from my constituents in New Mexico regarding the impact of the bill on Sacred Sites.

I very much look forward to working with the Forest Service on bill details as it moves forward.

Today, Columbine-Hondo is a central attraction for visitors to Taos County, where outdoor recreation and tourism drive the local economy.

I want to thank you, Chairman, for considering the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act during today's hearing.

Columbine-Hondo is one of the most treasured places in New Mexico, as my colleague, Senator Udall, will attest.

Veterans of every generation can and do make good and rational decisions when they have timely and accurate data to help inform their decisionmaking.

I want to thank you all for the opportunity today to speak about S. 1148, the Faster Filing Act.

I think we've got to realize how much damage we are doing to ourselves.

It would be easier to negotiate an outcome here if we knew what we were negotiating about.

If they do shut down, even if the rest of the country doesn't slip into a recession, every day that those labs are closed we get closer to recession in the State of New Mexico.

I can guarantee you the only outcome of that will be that we have more debt and higher deficits because of that kind of irresponsible behavior.

I think for the purpose of the average consumer, if they're looking at Western Atlantic bluefin tuna, and they believe stocks to be down 80 percent from where they were historically... they don't feel like that is a wise choice, a…

If we move so aggressively forward on storage and we don't address the steps needed to get to a permanent geological repository those communities could end up being de facto permanent storage.

Thank you, Chairman and Ranking Member Murkowski for holding this hearing today.

Earlier this year, I introduced S. 753 with Senator Tom Udall and Senator John Cornyn to reflect a 3-party agreement.

I think that's something that I've heard consistently over and over again from the community of Los Alamos and the surrounding communities, how important that is to their history.

I can't tell you how many soccer fields and baseball diamonds and other things have been funded across the Nation with that effort.