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April 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), issued the following statement after President Trump imposed more tariffs on the American people:

“Once again, Donald Trump and his administration are using hard-working Americans as props in their trade war with other countries. Imposing tariffs will hurt Americans, full stop.

April 1, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. — The New Mexico Congressional Delegation continues its fight to protect federal workers in the state by demanding transparency from the Trump Administration regarding the illegal purging of federal workers. 

Read the full letter here

April 1, 2025

WASHINGTONRep Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee Committee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, led Committee Democrats in introducing   Resolution of Inquiry to investigate DOGE’s unsanctioned use of government data and artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on American privacy and national security.&

March 28, 2025

WASHINGTON –U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), continued their fight to protect American wilderness by reintroducing the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act.  

March 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led 236 colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump in response to his unprecedented and unlawful dismissal of Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels. 

March 21, 2025

ALBUQUERQUE — Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) kept fighting on Friday against President Trump and Elon Musk’s unlawful and harmful systematic dismantling of critical federal government food assistance programs during a press conference at the Roadrunner Food Bank.    

March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after voting against the Republican-backed Continuing Resolution:  

“Over the last several weeks we have seen the reckless, lawless, and chaotic dismantling of critical federal programs, enabled and supported by the House GOP—just as they did with the passage of their spending bill in the House today,” said Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01).  

March 9, 2025

SELMA, AL — Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) marked the 60th Anniversary of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches with national and local leaders, including the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in remembrance of “Bloody Sunday.” This anniversary commemorates a series of three civil rights marches led by Rep. John R. Lewis, Dr.

March 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) co-sponsored H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers’ right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. 

March 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress:

"This is not normal. And, we refuse to normalize it.