Press Releases
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Ranking Member of the DOGE Oversight Subcommittee, co-led a letter with U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) led a letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to immediately halt and reverse the harmful impacts of executive actions that have to led to funding freezes and mass firings impacting Tribal programs.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), and U.S. SenatorsBen Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding immediate action to contain the recent outbreak of measles in New Mexico.
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01)released the following statement after voting “no” on the GOP’s proposed budget resolution:
“This budget resolution is one of the greatest heists in American History—as the GOP loots vital and life-saving programs to pay for permanent tax breaks for billionaires.