Manuel Lujan: “chaos, corruption, confusion--that is what Russell Vought offers. For the past 2 weeks, my office has received thousands…”

“chaos, corruption, confusion--that is what Russell Vought offers. For the past 2 weeks, my office has received thousands of calls. Worried New Mexicans are taking time out of their busy days to share their stories and plead for help. Last Monday, when President Trump and Russell Vought illegally froze Federal programs and grant money allocated by Congress, chaos erupted in New Mexico and across the country. A single mother of four in Bernalillo wrote to me: I will literally have to choose between feeding my children or paying for them to have private health insurance. I barely make it paycheck to paycheck as it is, this freeze would definitely put us over. . . . Please help our state. A senior from Albuquerque told me: My savings have been wiped out by home care costs after one hospitalization. I am unable to work, and am living solely on Social Security income, most of which is eaten up by insurance premiums. I am dependent on Medicare health treatments. Another constituent of mine wrote: Now, we are scared to lose medical and food. We rely on Medicaid care for procedures and prescriptions that keep me and my husband alive. Without SNAP, we can't afford to eat. A family doctor shared that if the Federal freeze on grants and programs were to be implemented, it would put a family clinic that serves 50,000 New Mexicans in immediate danger of closing. This would leave thousands of patients without access to primary healthcare.…”