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January 31, 2022

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of the Congressional delegation announced today that the U.S. Department of the Interior has made $43.7 million available to the state to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells in New Mexico through the federal Infrastructure and Jobs Act.

January 27, 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Funding will go to 11 Tribal and creative organizations in New Mexico to help support their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

January 27, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Last night, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and AARP New Mexico held a virtual town hall meeting with New Mexicans to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $3.7 billion investments in New Mexico communities and provide an update on the future of prescription drug price reductions in the Build Back Better Act.

January 26, 2022

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples, joined 70 of her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.

January 25, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement after receiving a positive COVID-19 test:
 
“Today, I tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19, though I am fully vaccinated and boosted. I am currently quarantining at home and following medical guidance after experiencing respiratory symptoms. Thank you to everyone who has reached out.

January 20, 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S.

January 19, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement after the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act were blocked in the U.S. Senate by a Republican-led filibuster:

January 17, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:

January 14, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) joined 81 House Democrats in a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig, urging the agency to efficiently eliminate the massive backlog in mailed tax returns and bolster hiring for Taxpayer Advocacy Services offices nationwide.