Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) led a bicameral letter withSen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to use all available resources to respond to the threats of extreme heat and wildfire smoke facing American communities.    

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement today after the conservative justices of the United State’s Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the 6-3 ruling in former President Donald Trump’s immunity case:

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court handed down decisions on three critical cases involving Administrative Law, prosecutions of January 6 Insurrection cases, and protections for vulnerable and unhoused individuals.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) was joined by fellow New Mexico Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) to offer a reflection and a moment of silence on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night for the victims of the South Fork and Salt Fires, and their families:  

“Tonight, we pause in prayer for the people of Ruidoso, Mescalero, Lincoln and Otero Counties. 

RUIDOSO, N.M. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following joint statement, announcing that President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Tribe in New Mexico in the wake of severe fires burning in Lincoln County, Otero County, and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. 

RUIDOSO, N.M. — With thousands of New Mexicans displaced due to devastating wildfires, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement on Juneteenth: 

“Today, on Juneteenth, we celebrate the joy and hope of freedom, rooted in our nation’s darkest days—and the continued hope, resilience, and work ahead to achieve the true promise of justice and equity for all. 

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after Republican leadership on the House Natural Resource Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee misused committee time: