Work on a bipartisan bill to speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs through permitting reform.

We look forward to working on a bipartisan bill that will speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs.

Heinrich commits to working on bipartisan legislation that will speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs via permitting reform.

Heinrich and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Permitting Reform - U.S. Senate Commi...
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Heinrich’s 2024 campaign ad says he is fighting “to lower costs for energy” and “to create good-paying manufacturing jobs right here in our state.”

Official campaign material shows Heinrich ran on lowering energy costs and creating good-paying jobs, consistent with the promise’s goals.

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"No One Outworked My Dad": Senator Martin Heinrich Releases First Campaign TV Ad
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the Energy Permitting Reform Act by a bipartisan vote of 15-4, and the committee said the legislation would boost American energy and mineral production and lower costs for American families.

Heinrich participated in advancing a bipartisan permitting reform bill out of committee, a concrete legislative step toward the promise.

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Advances the Manchin-Barrasso Bipartisan Permitting Reform Act
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Heinrich said after voting to advance the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 that the bill included provisions he had championed and would remove obstacles that delayed clean energy projects; the statement said, "We look forward to working on a bipartisan bill that will speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs."

This is the closest official statement to the claim: Heinrich explicitly tied his work to a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding infrastructure development, lowering energy costs, and creating jobs.

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Heinrich Welcomes Committee Passage of Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation
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GovInfo records the reported-in-Senate version of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, describing it as a bill "to reform leasing, permitting, and judicial review for certain energy and minerals projects, and for other purposes." The record shows it was reported in the Senate but does not show enactment as law.

Official bill records confirm the permitting-reform effort advanced, but it was not enacted by the end of the 118th Congress.

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S. 4753 - Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024
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Heinrich and Whitehouse said, "We look forward to working on a bipartisan bill that will speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs," while announcing they had reopened negotiations on permitting reform.

As of 2026, Heinrich was still publicly engaged in bipartisan permitting negotiations, showing ongoing effort but not completion.

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Heinrich and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Permitting Reform
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This is just being used as a pretext to scare people to say, we've got to get in those areas, which is about industry. It's not about wildlife, and it's not about fire suppression, and it's not about people, frankly." — Martin Heinrich (quote in NPR report)

Published May 24, 2026, an NPR piece (hosted on UALR Public Radio) quotes Senator Martin Heinrich criticizing the administration's Roadless Rule repeal and frames his comments in the context of permitting and project approvals—showing active, public engagement on permitting and energy project approval issues during the May 24–26 lookback window.

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Millions of acres of national forests are set to open up for more logging — NPR (published on UALR Public Radio)
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“We look forward to working on a bipartisan bill that will speed infrastructure development, lower energy costs, and create good-paying jobs.”

Official March 5, 2026 press release from Senator Heinrich (with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse) stating they have reopened negotiations and explicitly committing to work on a bipartisan permitting-reform bill aimed at speeding infrastructure development, lowering energy costs, and creating jobs — a direct match to the candidate's claim that he would work on such a bipartisan bill.

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Heinrich and Whitehouse Joint Statement on Permitting Reform
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