WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) in sending a letter to the U.S. Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Commerce, and the Interior demanding documents and a briefing on the Trump Administration's unprecedented acquisition of equity stakes in multiple mining and mineral companies using taxpayer dollars.
Since July 2025, the Trump Administration has gone on a spree, aggressively acquiring ownership stakes in Tril...