{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-gains-155-million-from-oil-and-gas-stocks-amid-his-war-in-iran-meanwhile-new-mexicans-pay-526-million-more-for-gas", "Trump Gains $15.5 Million From Oil & Gas Stocks Amid His War in Iran, Meanwhile New Mexicans Pay $526 Million More for Gas", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", "heinrich", "https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member and former Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, highlighted a new analysis finding that New Mexicans have spent an additional $526.2 million on gas since the start of President Trump\u2019s Iran War \u2014 an average of $666 per New Mexico household.\n\nMeanwhile, according to the Joint Economic Committee\u2019s analysis, President Trump\u2019s portfolio of $45.6 million in oil and gas stocks has gone up since the end of 2025 by up to $61.1 million. That\u2019s due to the sky-high oil and gas profits and stock prices tied to Trump\u2019s war in Iran. And in just the first three months of 2026 \u2013 a period that covers both the U.S. operation in Venezuela and the start of the Iran War \u2013 the Committee found that Trump bought as much as $3.6 million in additional oil and gas stocks.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump continues to put his personal financial interests and the interests of his ultrawealthy friends ahead of New Mexico families \u2013 folks who are already struggling with higher costs created by the President\u2019s tariffs and reckless, illegal war in Iran,\u201d said Heinrich. \u201cNew Mexicans shouldn\u2019t have to pay more at the pump while Donald Trump and oil and gas executives rake in record returns.\u201d\n\nHeinrich continued, \u201cWhen a President uses the power of his office to benefit himself and his wealthy friends while working families are left to foot the bill, that\u2019s corruption \u2014 plain and simple. We need energy policies that actually lower costs for families, not actions that pad the pockets of the President and his friends and family.\u201d\n\nAs detailed in the new Joint Economic Committee report, throughout his campaign and early in his term, Trump received millions in donations from oil company executives, and his administration began to enact favorable rules and regulations for the industry \u2013 including billions in tax giveaways. These companies have seen massive profits since the President launched his war with Iran. Recent estimates show that oil companies reported more than $125 billion in profits so far this year, including $12 billion for Chevron in the second quarter \u2013 its highest quarterly profits in six years \u2013 and a sky-high $14.7 billion for Exxon Mobil in that same period.\n\nHeinrich has been working to hold President Trump and his administration accountable for putting the President\u2019s personal projects and financial interests ahead of New Mexico families.\n\nIn August, Heinrich demanded accountability from the Department of the Interior (DOI) following reports that agency officials destroyed official records and used disappearing-message applications to avoid preserving government communications. He also called for a full Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of President Trump\u2019s ballroom project and demanded a GAO investigation into potential conflicts of interest and preferential treatment in the Trump administration\u2019s use of taxpayer dollars to invest in private mining companies. Heinrich also joined a letter calling for an investigation into what DOI officials knew about engineering failures at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and whether Department employees withheld evidence from federal prosecutors.\n\nIn June, Heinrich led a letter demanding answers from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the Department\u2019s rushed rehabilitation project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He also sent a letter with U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) pressing Burgum for answers about the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees paid to the National Park Service \u2014 including fees collected at New Mexico sites such as Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Bandelier National Monument \u2014 to fund President Trump\u2019s vanity projects in Washington, D.C.\n\nIn May, Heinrich successfully blocked Senate Republicans from funding Trump\u2019s ballroom project with $1 billion in taxpayer dollars through their budget bill.\n\nRead the Joint Economic Committee\u2019s full report with state-by-state data here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-gains-155-million-from-oil-and-gas-stocks-amid-his-war-in-iran-meanwhile-new-mexicans-pay-526-million-more-for-gas"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0507158003747463, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}