# Martin Heinrich **Martin Heinrich** is the senior U.S. Senator from New Mexico (Democrat) and **ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources**. In 2026 he and House Natural Resources ranking member [[Jared Huffman]] opened an inquiry into the administration's mining and minerals equity deals, demanding documents and briefings from the secretaries of Energy, Defense, Commerce, and Interior. It is the principal congressional pushback on record against the practice catalogued in the [[Government Equity Stakes Roster]]. This is a stub — expand with his committee history, energy and public-lands record, and other oversight actions. ## See Also - [[Government Equity Stakes Roster]] - [[Jared Huffman]]