WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum demanding that the Trump administration stop work on President Trump's commemorative arch on federal property, which federal officials have admitted will harm historic sites on public lands, including Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.
"We write with our continued concern that President Trump's proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch will cast a shadow over some of our nation's most historic monuments and memorials,...