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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 205, noes 201, not voting 27, as follows: [Roll No. 339]…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-09
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

Madam Speaker, the House Republicans' bills would give freedom to refrigerators but restrict freedom for American citizens to vote. Last week we marched in parades and celebrated our Nation's 248th birthday. Democracy and elections are at…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-09
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate and honor our veterans and to celebrate and highlight the extraordinary passage of the PACT Act, which is the single-most significant expansion of veterans' benefits in generations. We passed that…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-09
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition not only to this rule but the bills that it advances. I have to say that I am amazed daily by the debates that I hear in this Chamber and in our committees and outraged that the GOP is using the…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-09
Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

I believe Suspicious Activity Reports are a tool to help stop illicit financing.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

Community after community was devastated and destroyed, not because of Mother Nature.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

The fire scar, the monsoons, the flash flooding, the debris flows, septics, in this area there is not a wastewater system.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2024

I appreciate the willingness of the Department of the Interior in working with me and my office to address prohibitions impacting the settlements from being able to fully see the potential of the funds.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 8, 2024

the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), this program was created to provide compensation and justice to those Americans who suffered devastating health impacts of nuclear weapon development and testing.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 8, 2024

Even the author of this legislation, may he rest in peace, the former Senator from Utah, Warren Hatch, he referenced this before he passed away about the mistakes that were made in this legislation.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 8, 2024

I very much appreciate what the Ranking Member shared about Tip O'Neill and President Reagan.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 8, 2024

It's hard for me to understand without seeing disaggregated data how the program grows exponentially from 2.2 over a 30 year period to 75 percent higher.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, I thank Ranking Member Lee for her exceptional years of leadership on international affairs. She is a beacon of hope for our country and to so many around the world. Mr. Chair, I rise today to oppose H.R. 8771, which is the…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2024

this hearing is making America less safe for our children and LGBTQ and people of color across this country.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2024

They are making this country a less just place by perpetrating and repeating hateful speech.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2024

Hearings like this...are making this country a less just place by perpetrating and repeating hateful speech.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2024

America. Mr. Speaker, what a beautiful sound it is to just utter the name of this great country of ours. Americans do not share a common ancestry or common religion, but we are bound together by something that is bigger than us: the ideals…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-26
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Jun 26, 2024

This hearing is making America less safe for our children and LGBTQ and people of color across this country.

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