HEINRICH VOICES SUPPORT FOR ENERGY SECRETARY NOMINEE MONIZ

Ernie Moniz, the Obama Administration’s Energy Secretary nominee, earned a strong vote of confidence from New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich after meeting with the Democrat yesterday afternoon. “New Mexico’s Sandia and Los Alamos labs heavily depend on strong leadership from the Department of Energy to support the lab’s energy research and nuclear stockpile programs,” Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement yesterday. “Dr. Moniz’s expertise, knowledge of New Mexico, and service as the former Undersecretary of Energy make him a well versed and qualified candidate. I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Moniz last year at MIT in his physics lab, and I’m encouraged by his thorough understanding and acumen of renewable energy development and research of low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuel.”