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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.

January 14, 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.-03) are announcing that New Mexico will receive a total of $225 million over five years as part of the largest bridge formula program in American history, made possible by the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

January 13, 2022

WASHINGTON—As voting rights have come under attack in states across the U.S. and over 30 laws have been passed by state legislatures making it harder to vote, U.S.

January 12, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted to expand GI Bill education benefits to the National Guard. The Guard and Reserve Parity Act,led by Rep.