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ALBUQUERQUE – Today, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) held a press conference with local organizations that she helped secure federal funding for through Community Project Funding. These projects work to expand the affordable housing supply and support seniors, families, and young people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity across New Mexico.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01) and Michael Guest (R-MS-03) introduced the Indigenous Students Excel through Parity Act, bipartisan legislation that directs the Secretary of the Interior to recommend updates to the Indian School Equalization Formula, which governs funding for Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) funded schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after voting ‘YES’ on Congressman Thomas Massie’s (KY-04) Amendment to the National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriation Act:  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM),, Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance Cole demanding answers about reports that federal agents and prosecutors knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood the streets of Albuquerque and other New Mexico communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), to demand the committees begin public hearings and investigations into the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Postsecondary Student Success Act, legislation to authorize dedicated federal funding for evidence-based programs that help students stay enrolled in college, complete their degrees, and prepare for successful careers.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) delivered $512,320 in federal funding for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project, to advance a major long-term investment in water security and drought resilience for central New Mexico.