WEBVTT AT THE AIR FORCEBASE.WHAT KIND OF NEW FEDERAL DOLLARSWE COULD EXPECT.rtDAVID: IN ALBUQUERQUE, THE BIGNEWS IS A NEW COMPLEX FOR THENATIONArtL NUCLEAR SAFETYADMINISTRATION.THAT BUILDING ALONE WILL COSTNEARLY $200 MILLION.ADD TO THAT IMPROVEMENTS ANDSAVED JOBS AT THE STATE'S BASESAND YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY FOR, NEW MEXICO, IN WASHINGrtTON >> THIS IS HUGE.$174 MILLION ON ITS WAY TO NEWMEXICO.>> WE ARE MAKINGrt INVESTMENTS ATTHE NEW OFFICE BUILDING.THAT IS ANOTHER $174 MILLIONPROJECT.DAVID: NEW AMENDMENTS MADE BYSENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH TO THE2018 U.S. DEFENSE SPENDING BILrtLMEAN BIG UPGRADES AND BIG CASHTO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, A BRAND NEWNATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETYADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS.THE $174 MILLION BUILDING WILLrtBEING EVEN MORE JOBS TO THE DUKECITY.>> WHEN IT'S COMPLETED, IT'LLHOUSE UP 1200 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.rtDAVID: AND THAT DOESN'T EVENCOUNT THE HUGE NUMBER OF -->> PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, IRONWORKERS, OPERATING ENGINEERS,PLASTERERS, PAINTERS,rtBOILERMAKERS, THE WHOLE REALM.DAVID: EARLY ESTIMATES FROM THENEW MEXICO BUILDING ANDCONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL SAYTHE PROJECT COULD BRING INrtUPWARDS OF 2000 MORE JOBS.THE NEW BILL ALSO, AT LEASTTEMPORARILY, SAVES JOBS AT LOSALAMOS NATIONAL LABS.RIGHT NOW, ONLY LANL MAKES A KEYCOMPONENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONSrtCALLED NUCLEAR PIT PRODUCTION.THE NEW BILL SAYS THAT IFPRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO MOVE ITANYWHERE ELSE, HE'LL HAVE TOJUMP THROUGH SOME SERIOUS HOOPSTO DO SO.rtBUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SEELYSAYS, IT MEANS STABILITY FOR NEWMEXICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHORELY ON THE STATE'S LABS ANDBASES.>> WrtHATEVER APPROPRIATIONS WEGET SUSTAINS THE BASE ANDSECURES ITS FUTURE.DAVID:rt AS YOU'RE WELL-AWARE, THEAIR FORCE STORES SEVRAL F-16 ATFIGHTER JETS AT HOLLOMAN AIRrtFORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO.THIS BILL CREATES A NEW $5MILLION PIPELINE PROGRAM IN NEWMEXICO HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGESTO MAINTAIN THOSE FIGHTER JETS,SOMETHrtING THE AIR FORCE