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ALBUQUERQUE — Yesterday, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) hosted a “Fight for Farmworkers” discussion with labor rights activist and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, students from the College Migrant Assistance Program (CAMP) at the University of New Mexico, and the Young Farmers Coalition. During the community discussion, Rep.
WASHINGTON—This week, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) led a letter with U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) requesting that the U.S. Forest Service reestablish a special use permit for the La Luz Trail Race.
Photos of the visit are available here.
WASHINGTON– To build on the nation’s economic recovery and achieve a more sustainable future, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted to pass the historic Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) put New Mexicans back to work and transform lives. The bill represents the most significant investment in our communities since the Great Society and New Deal and will touch every American life from our children to our elders.
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) after he released a video using official House of Representatives resources depicting violence against a female member of the House and the President of the United States. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement after the House of Representatives censure vote:
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 calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prohibit lunch shaming of students with school meal debts through the existing authority of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) released the following statement honoring veterans in New Mexico and across the nation:
WASHINGTON – Today, 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.) held a video press conference to discuss how the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will deliver for New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE—Following her vote to pass a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that will send billions in funding to New Mexico to create thousands of good-paying jobs, U.S.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - President Biden's infrastructure bill has passed Congress. The House approved it late Saturday night with a 228 to 206 vote.
...Six members of the leadership of the Progressive caucus also voted against the bill. But other members of the Progressive caucus, including New Mexico Democrats Terea Leger Fernandez and Stansbury voted yes.