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August 3, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement:

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August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S.
August 2, 2022

WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03) and Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S.

July 29, 2022

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office facility located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, in honor of former U.S. Senator Dennis Chávez. Senator Chávez, the first American-born Hispanic Senator, worked to further civil rights, education, conservation, and economic development in New Mexico and across the nation. 

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July 28, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, passed the first piece of legislation that she introduced in Congress with the House passage of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.

July 26, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03) and Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) introduced the Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act to promote Tribal food sovereignty and make it easier for Native children to access free meals at school. 

July 21, 2022

WASHINGTON — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision that forecasts threats to the right to contraception and other rights that stem from the right to privacy guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted to pass the Right to Contraception Act (H.R.