WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on National Public Lands Day:
"Our public lands are part of our shared identity - they are a physical manifestation of our Jeffersonian democracy and belong to all of us, no matter where you come from or how much money you have.
"But over the past two years, our public lands have been under relentless attacks. President Trump is trying to rip public lands from public hands, negotiating behind closed doors to sell off our national treasures to private equity firms and foreign minin...