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Heinrich On Failure To Pass Bill To Protect Jobs

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Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. released the following statement Wednesday after S. 2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act, failed to overcome a procedural hurdle that requires 60 votes, with a vote of 54 to 42.

 The bill, supported by Heinrich, would protect and promote U.S. job growth by ending a tax incentive for moving jobs overseas and creating a new tax incentive for bringing jobs back to the U.S.

“We shouldn’t reward companies that ship jobs overseas with special tax breaks. To most people, that’s just common sense. What we should Read More

Heinrich on Confirmed CIA Spying on Senate Panel

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CIA Director John Brennan apologized today for the actions of some agents. Courtesy/wikipedia.com

U.S. SENATE News:

“The Senate Intelligence Committee oversees the CIA, not the other way around.” —U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today after receiving a briefing on the results of a CIA Inspector General investigation, which confirmed that the agency improperly searched computers used by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff Read More

Los Alamos Laser Selected For 2020 Mars Mission

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • New ‘SuperCam’ instrument adds capabilities to successful ChemCam

NASA announced Thursday that laser technology originally developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been selected for its new Mars mission in 2020.

“We are extremely excited to be going to Mars again,” said Los Alamos National Laboratory planetary scientist Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator of the newly selected SuperCam team and current principal investigator of the Curiosity Rover’s ChemCam Team. “More importantly for the mission, I know SuperCam is the very best remote sensor that Read More

Energy Department Conditionally Authorizes Oregon LNG to Export Liquefied Natural Gas

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DOE News:

The Energy Department announced Thursday that it has conditionally authorized LNG Development Co., LLC (Oregon LNG) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, from the Oregon LNG Terminal in Warrenton, Ore.

The Oregon LNG application was next in the order of precedence and review of the application was initiated before the Department issued the recent proposed procedural change. Subject to environmental review and final regulatory approval, the facility is conditionally authorized Read More

Heinrich Calls For Action: Central American Refugee Crisis, Broken Immigration System

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Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., delivered remarks on the Senate Floor Wednesday calling for action on the current Central American Refugee Crisis and the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill that passed more than a year ago.

In his speech, Heinrich emphasized the need to pass the Senate’s Emergency Supplemental Funding Bill, a proposal introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., that includes $2.73 billion to help stem the current Central American refugee crisis.

Heinrich also called for action on the Read More

USDA Extends Deadline for Livestock, Honeybees, Farm-Raised Fish Program Emergency Assistance

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USDA News:

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that the enrollment deadline for the 2012 and 2013 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) has been extended to Aug. 15.

Originally, program sign-up was scheduled to end Aug. 1.

 The new deadline gives livestock, honeybee, and farm-raised fish producers who experienced losses because of disease, adverse weather, wildfires or colony collapse disorder between Oct. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2013, an additional two weeks to Read More

Luján on House Republicans Suing President Obama

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ben Ray Luján D-N.M. released the following statement after House Republicans moved forward with legislation supporting a lawsuit against the President rather than addressing critical issues facing the country.

“Today House Republicans hit a new low with their frivolous lawsuit against President Obama.  Rather than spend time bringing legislation to the floor that grows our economy, spurs job creation, makes college more affordable, or fixes our broken immigration system, House Republicans wasted Read More

Udall Disappointed in Filibuster of Bill to Protect New Mexico Jobs

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Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement after Republicans blocked the Bring Jobs Home Act, which he supported to protect and create jobs in New Mexico and across the nation by offering incentives for companies that insource jobs and eliminating a tax loophole that benefits companies moving offshore: 

“Today, we had an opportunity to do right by workers in New Mexico and across the country by moving forward on legislation to help build up communities and create jobs right here at home. This bill would protect tens of thousands of jobs in New Read More

DOE Shares Steps For Modernizing Natural Gas Infrastructure

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DOE News:

Building on the President’s Climate Action Plan, the White House and the Department of Energy hosted the fifth in a series of meetings on reducing methane emissions from natural gas systems.

Following the meeting, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced several new initiatives as DOE’s part of the larger Administration Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions.

“By expanding our discussions through these methane roundtables, we have heard from several different groups about the benefits to finding workable solutions to the problem of methane leakage,” Secretary Moniz said. Read More

Heinrich Votes For Highway And Transportation Bill Critical To Keeping New Mexicans On The Job

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I-25 map. Courtesy/wikipedia.com

U.S. SENATE News:

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., voted Tuesday to pass H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, a bill that will prevent an immediate reduction of nearly $129 million in annual funding for construction on roads, bridges, and transit systems in New Mexico, which will support more than 1,600 jobs in the state. 

The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 79 to 18 and now goes back to the House.

“Investments in public transit, paved roads, and other transportation infrastructure are critical to providing Read More