Ep. 116: Senator Heinrich

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Washington DC- Steven Rinella talks with Senator Martin Heinrich, along with Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew. Subjects Discussed: thinking long-term; the path to becoming a Senator; the politician and the elk; the Sabinoso Wilderness as a big win for hunters; what's up with the HUNT Act; why reforming the fire budget is so damn important; stream access issues and how they affect sportsmen; why the Land and Water Conservation Fund is always imperiled, and why it shouldn't be; what's up with the Antiquities Act?; National Monuments; and more.

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0:00.0	This is the Meet Meater Podcast coming at you shirtless severely boat bitten in my case
0:14.8	underwear listen.
0:15.8	We can't predict anything.
0:20.8	Okay, we're coming from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital and we're joined
0:29.9	by a very special guest, Senator Martin Heinrich, but first I want to touch on something
0:37.0	real quick.
0:38.0	So the Meet Meater Podcast live tour, we're coming out to four different cities soon.
0:47.1	We have Denver, Colorado, Tempe, Arizona, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Columbus, Ohio.
0:52.9	If you want to check out about getting your tickets to come meet me, the Latvian Eagle,
0:59.8	our special guest will be announcing soon.
1:02.7	You can go to www.mediter.live and get all the info you need.
1:09.0	I look forward to meeting you.
1:12.2	How far into you are on your?
1:14.7	So I'm five years into my first Senate term.
1:17.3	I spent four years in the House before that.
1:20.0	You guys, like, Senators get a nice generous term compared to I would agree.
1:27.7	I think the House term, the two-year term, is part of the problem.
1:33.9	It's really hard to do any long term thinking when you're in the House of Representatives.
1:39.6	Because you have a two-year term?
1:40.6	You have a two-year term.
1:41.6	You know, a year in and you're already completely consumed with your re-election.
1:46.2	So everyone's got to be, like, a Senator has even longer than the President, but then
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