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April 18, 2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03), Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), and Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) announced a total of $9,588,527 to support public schools, roads, emergency services on national forests and grasslands, and for developing community wildfire protection plans for New Mexico.
 
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April 13, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) welcomed $1,499,999 in funding for the University of New Mexico (UNM) to help develop teacher leadership pathways for K-12 science educators.

March 24, 2023

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Equality Caucus and Democratic Women’s Caucus leadership team, released the following statement after voting against a dangerous House Republican bill that would forcibly out transgender students and bring culture wars to the classroom:

March 22, 2023

WASHINGTON—Last night, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Labor Caucus, led a letter with Representatives Jesús “Chuy'' García (Ill.-04) and Hank Johnson (Ga.-04) and 13 other Members of Congress to U.S.

March 22, 2023

WASHINGTON–Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) in the U.S. House of Representative announced their new leadership slate for the 118thCongress, naming U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) as Co-Chair for Member Services.

March 18, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) convened a Veterans Resource Fair alongside the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services and local veterans’ organizations to highlight the benefits of the PACT Act for New Mexico and connect veterans with vital resources including health care enrollment, housing assistance, vocational rehabilitation, and VA home loans.

March 17, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) brought together Tribal and local leaders to showcase the growing momentum behind community-driven legislation to protect the Buffalo Tract. During the event, Senator Heinrich and Representative Stansbury called on the U.S. Department of Interior to withdraw the area from mineral development. An administrative withdrawal would prevent mineral development for 20 years.

March 16, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03), Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), and Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) announced a total of $5,277,082 for Eastern New Mexico University Roswell, New Mexico State University, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC).