Press Releases
WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.-01) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.-03) introduced the bipartisan Home Dialysis Risk Prevention Act, legislation to ensure patients with kidney disease undergoing home dialysis have access to devices to notify patients and caregivers of venous needle dislodgement (VND). VND is a preventable complication that can lead to kidney injury or death.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act to protect Chaco Canyon and the greater sacred landscape surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
ALBUQUERQUE N.M.– Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) held a roundtable and press conference Tuesday with housing and homelessness service providers who she selected as FY 2023 and FY 2024 Community Project Funding submissions to outline how the House GOP’s proposed budget cuts would impact the basic services that New Mexicans depend on.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led 43 Members of Congress to reintroduce the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act.
ALBUQUERQUE—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) issued the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ “Default On Our Debt Act”:
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) led 17 Members of Congress to urge President Biden to prioritize the United States’ ratification of the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity. In a letter, the lawmakers point to the global extinction crisis, the unique role of Indigenous nations protecting biodiversity worldwide, and the need for U.S. leadership and partnership to halt and reverse global nature loss.
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the Congressional Equality Caucus and Democratic Women’s Caucus leadership team, released the following statement after voting against a House Republican bill that prevents transgender student athletes from playing sports:
WASHINGTON— As communities across New Mexico face interconnected challenges with public safety, affordable housing, education and economic development, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) announced her selections for 15 Congressionally funded community projects, totaling $53.1 million, which she submitted for consideration in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) spoke on the House floor to oppose H.R.734, legislation that targets young transgender student athletes.