WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, emphasized the need to pass legislation to improve New Mexicans' access to their public lands, including his bipartisan Continental Divide Completion Act (https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-daines-neguse-leger-fernandez-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-complete-the-continental-divide-national-scenic-trail), which would complete the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail to better maintain the trail's purpose while ensuring a safer...