WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees paid to the National Park Service (NPS) to fund President Trump's vanity projects in Washington, D.C. - including redirecting funds collected at New Mexico sites such as Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Bandelier National Monument.
"Visitors to our national parks contribute millions of dollars to the National Park Service's budget by purchasin...