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April 19, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) held a press conference with representatives of the New Mexico Black Leadership Council highlighting the $125,000 she secured in the recently-passed omnibus budget for youth development programs.

April 11, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As voters face a wave of restrictive voter suppression laws in states across the country, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) lifted up New Mexico’s voter access laws and called on Congress to pass comprehensive voting rights protection legislation. Rep. Stansbury participated today in a U.S. House Committee on Administration Subcommittee on Elections field hearing convened by Rep. G.K.

April 11, 2022

WASHINGTON - 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) announced $363,458 in American Rescue Plan grant funding to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders in New Mexico. The funding will support 20 new positions across three Public Heath AmeriCorps projects in New Mexico. 

April 7, 2022

WASHINGTON–Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) issued the following statement celebrating the Senate’s vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court:

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April 7, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted to secure $55 billion in additional funding to support New Mexico’s restaurants and small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation now moves to the Senate. 

April 6, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement after voting to hold advisors to the former president, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, in contempt of Congress:

April 6, 2022

WASHINGTON—Today, 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) announced $73,508,702 in investments from the Infrastructure Law to enable transit agencies to modernize and expand services for New Mexicans in communities large and small. 

April 5, 2022

WASHINGTON — As the nationwide opioid crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous communities, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) called for continued federal resources and consultation with Tribal governments to create community-based solutions during a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation hearing.