HEINRICH JOINS JAKE TAPPER ON CNN TO DISCUSS HOW BIPARTISAN AMERICAN AFFORDABILITY & JOBS ACT WILL HOLD DATA CENTERS ACCOUNTABLE, FORCE DATA CENTERS TO PAY FOR ELECTRICITY GRID UPGRADES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, appeared on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper today where he discussed his landmark legislation that will hold data centers accountable for the costs they impose on the electricity grid, helping to ensure families and small businesses aren't stuck footing the bill. Heinrich also discussed reports of a deadly illness at a research facility in Russia.

"In the permitting bill, that we just released text on a little over a week ago, we mandate that [data centers] have to pay for both the electricity and for any grid upg...