CD1: Hoyer Visits Sandia Labs

First Congressional District candidate Martin Heinrich hosted House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today at Sandia National Labs. The Democrats spoke about energy independence and the role Sandia Labs will play in making America energy independent.

But not without a bit of a wait. It seems political events never begin or end on time (unless it has to be on TV at a certain time like political conventions for network TV), but this was a longer than usual wait. I had the foresight to myself be late and so only waited an additional 20 minutes for Hoyer to show up, then another 10 minutes for Heinrich to show up.

Heinrich joked, "Sorry to keep you waiting, I have to be careful these days and drive the speed limit, you never know when there's a sheriff's deputy around."

Heinrich touched on nuclear powers, mentioning that Hoyer has a nuclear power plant in his district.

But Heinrich quickly pivoted to New Mexico and what role it can play in energy independence, especially with alternative energies.

"Sandia is developing new and exciting ways to harness this energy that is free and abundant 300 plus days a year here in New Mexico," Heinrich said, referring to the sun that beat down on the small crowd of reporters (only one TV crew made it to the event, the ubiquitous KOB-TV news crew who I see at every event, big and small).

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