WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump administration nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, and Committee Democrats secured key commitments from former Congressman Steve Pearce, President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management. In his answers to the Democratic Senators' questions, Pearce acknowledged he could not sell a large amount of public lands under existing law and said he would not recommend rolling back national monument designations across the West, including the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, Chuckwalla National Monument, and t...