RANKING MEMBERS HEINRICH AND HUFFMAN DEMAND ANSWERS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S FAST-TRACK OF PRO-OIL RULE FOR ALASKA'S WESTERN ARCTIC

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich 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, and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter (https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/73CF8D25-079C-430D-B1C8-901E6DA52380) to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum demanding answers about the Department of the Interior's effort to fast-track an oil industry-backed rule that would weaken environmental protections and expedite oil and gas permitting across the Western Arctic. The lawmakers raised conflict-of-interest concerns after Interior moved to implement the indu...