Heinrich: “Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy is killing jobs and raising costs on working families”

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) hosted a press conference to call for an end to President Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy. Earlier this month, Senators Heinrich and Kaine unveiled legislation to terminate President Trump’s national energy emergency, which will raise energy costs for American families and kill high-quality jobs in the United States.

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Heinrich calls for the end of Trump’s war on American-made energy at a press conference in the Capitol on February 19, 2025

“America is producing more energy than ever before including both conventional and renewable sources. This is happening because of the year-over-year certainty Democrats created with tax structures and permitting that has allowed us to make solar, wind, and energy storage cheaper, faster, and less capital intensive to add to the electric grid. We made it possible to build big things in American once again,” said Ranking Member Heinrich.

“But now, Trump’s fake emergency declaration is causing enormous uncertainty. If you’re thinking about opening a new factory, you don’t know what your tax structure will be in the next 12 months. If you’re trying to site and build a new transmission line, the federal agencies you work with just had a ton of their expert staff sacked, making it more difficult to get a permit. This is going to kill skilled trades jobs and drive up the cost of your electricity bills by as much at $480 a year by 2030. Trump’s war on affordable, American-made energy is killing jobs and raising costs on working families,” Ranking Member Heinrich continued.

Find pictures of Ranking Member Heinrich speaking at the press conference here.

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