Heinrich advocates for increasing LDRD funding

During a Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich advocated for strengthening the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Sandia and Los Alamos Labs. Senator Heinrich worked last year to increase the maximum percentage each laboratory director may set aside for LDRD from 6 to 7 percent of the lab's budget. The LDRD program advances the frontiers of science and engineering, invests in critical national security missions, and helps recruit and retain staff for national laboratories.