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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Mar 7, 2024

Madam President, I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate…

Congressional Record · 2024-03-07
Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Mar 7, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Devon Gorbey, Wasem Gawish, Max Katz, Cynthia Bailey, Cliff Ho, Will Murray, Jon Yap, who are all fellows in my office, be granted privileges to the floor until January 2, 2025. The PRESIDING…

Congressional Record · 2024-03-07
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

Mr. Speaker, as we begin Women's History Month, we must remember something historic that has happened to women and to women's freedoms. For 50 years, women enjoyed limited but certain reproductive freedoms. A Trump-packed Supreme Court…

Congressional Record · 2024-03-06
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

After I left the hearing, some of my majority colleagues mischaracterized my words by claiming that the minority-invited witness was unwilling to answer questions.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

Mr. Speaker, this weekend, Oppenheimer is expected to win multiple Oscars. In the film, we watched the pain and guilt in J.R. Oppenheimer's face when he heard what the atomic bomb did to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What the film…

Congressional Record · 2024-03-06
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

I just ask my colleagues, and although Mr. Chairman is always very kind, he has his southern manners, to show proper respect to our witnesses who travel at great length and personal expense, including the Administration witnesses who come…

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

I hate these kinds of discourses because they mislead the American people.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

I want to just take a moment here at the beginning to note that we attempted to invite several witnesses on our side of the aisle, but because of the behavior of some of the Members who are not present here this morning towards witnesses…

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

It is not a partisan attack on the environment or our public lands, but an accounting system for making fair and appropriate decisions.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

Last Congress, we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the most significant climate bill to ever pass.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

We also passed legislation to address the manufacturing and science needs of this country through the CHIPS Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Mar 6, 2024

Addressing climate change, the integrity of our ecosystems, and the ability of our communities to use our natural resources in a sustainable manner is, of course, the work of this Committee.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Mar 5, 2024

The flexibility that compacting provides and the flexibility within the IHS system, in terms of the multiple sources of revenue really makes a difference.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Mar 5, 2024

Thank you, President Harvier, for pointing out how much your tribe actually provides to carry out the functions that the Federal Government, in its trust responsibility, is supposed to be doing.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Feb 29, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues one simple question: Do you honestly believe that you have any right to tell me or any woman in America what I can do with my own body? Do you have any right to tell me when, if, or how, I…

Congressional Record · 2024-02-29
Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Feb 29, 2024

It is our body, it is our right, and I will not yield. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman's time has expired. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2024-02-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Feb 28, 2024

Mr. Speaker, recently Speaker Johnson and most House Republicans cosponsored a bill that could ban IVF nationwide and criminalize reproductive healthcare. The Alabama Supreme Court's anti- IVF ruling is consistent with these extreme…

Congressional Record · 2024-02-28