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March 2, 2023

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03) introduced legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) are original cosponsors. 

March 1, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03) introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlements of the Pueblos of Acoma, Jemez, Laguna, and Zia, as well as participating non-Tribal parties. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) are original cosponsors. 

February 28, 2023

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) introduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act to withdraw four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma, from any mineral development, including gravel mining. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S.

February 24, 2023

AUDIO LINK: The full telephone town hall recording can be accessed here.  

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February 21, 2023

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) addressed a Joint Session of the New Mexico State Legislature at the Roundhouse.

February 13, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) delivered handmade valentines from local elementary school students to veterans receiving treatment at the Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

February 13, 2023

WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) first-ever agency-related Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI).