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June 2, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. — As the U.S. House of Representatives begins marking up appropriations bills in the House this week, Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) submitted 15 Congressionally funded community projects, totaling $158,450,000 for communities across New Mexico in the upcoming 2026 budget process. Since coming to office, Rep.

May 28, 2025

Albuquerque, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) held a town hall in Albuquerque on Tuesday to sound the alarm on Republican-led efforts to gut critical federal programs that New Mexicans rely on, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP. 

May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after House Republicans narrowly passed their H.R. 1 tax bill by one vote after 29 straight hours of debate.  

May 20, 2025

WASHINTGON D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03), announced the new Vice Chairs of the Caucus. Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) will serve as the Democrat Vice Chair, and Congressman Nick Begich (AK)will serve as the Republican Vice Chair.

May 16, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) slammed House Republicans’ efforts to advance the devastating reconciliation bill this week that would increase taxes for our lowest-income working Americans, and gut healthcare and food assistance programs to give billionaires permanent tax breaks. 

May 3, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after President Trump delivered a “skinny” version of his Fiscal Year 2026 President’s Budget request to Congress on Friday: 

April 25, 2025

ALBUQUERQUE — This week, Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)wrapped up a Town Hall Tour across New Mexico, reaching more than 15,000 New Mexicans across 10 counties and 12 cities and towns with 15 events.

April 24, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. — The New Mexico Congressional Delegation sent a letter to the Acting Secretary of the Air Force expressing concern over the decades-old jet fuel leak at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) and the contamination of surrounding soil and groundwater in close proximity to drinking water supply wells.

April 15, 2025

Washington, D.C.Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the SGE Ethics Enforcement & Reform (SEER) Act, a bill to strengthen transparency and ethics requirements for Special Government Employees (SGEs). The bill would rein in Elon Musk by restricting certain SGEs from officially communicating with agencies and offices that regulate or contract with large companies owned by the SGE. 

April 11, 2025

WASHINGTON – Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) reintroduced their Buffalo Tract Protection Act to permanently withdraw minerals from development on four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) are original cosponsors.