Melanie Stansbury

Yesterday's passage of the Albuquerque Indian School Act in the House of Representatives is a major step forward in a decades-long effort to return land to the stewardship of New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos in Albuquerque.

That is not a failure, that is a choice.

Bondi must testify under oath, on camera, for the public to see.

Today, once again, our Republican colleagues are coming to the House floor to write another blank check to ICE on the backs of the American people. One year ago, Republicans in this Chamber claimed they were going to lower the debt and…

How bad does it have to get for the GOP in this Chamber to do something? Unhinged posts threatening war crimes; an illegal war in the Middle East that has killed thousands and thousands of civilians; 13 U.S. soldiers dead; an illegal…

This administration is testing us. They are testing the truth, testing the law, but, most importantly, they are testing our resolve in the Epstein case and whether or not they can continue to lie and commit crimes right in front of our…

He’d like to just keep it in the Oversight Committee.

I rise with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes to honor the three lives lost this week in the catastrophic floods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, including two young children visiting Ruidoso from El Paso. Their father, an airman from Fort Bliss…

This bill isn't about balancing the budget—it's about tax breaks for billionaires and kickbacks to corporate donors and billionaires, while silencing public voices.

None of this is budgetary and this is why they aren’t opening their mouths today.

Donald Trump says that he isn't sure if he needs to uphold the Constitution. It is clear to all of us from his attacks on the courts, the rule of law, our democratic institutions, our civil and legal rights, an open and free press, the…

We can’t just sit here today and pretend like everything is normal.

We are looking at huge potential and catastrophic impacts.

Now I know the question on everyone’s mind is, ‘how can they do this? How is this legal?’ And the answer is, ‘it’s not. It’s not legal.'

Today I stand to honor and remember the life and the legacy of Dr. Harold Bailey. As president of the NAACP Albuquerque Chapter and a leader across New Mexico, he was a pillar in the community, mentor, a father, someone who mentored…

The real purpose of the Census, which goes back to our founding as a country, goes back to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, where it states very clearly that the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based…

The United States Census is absolutely essential to my communities and an accurate count is very essential to my communities because we are tribal communities, we are rural communities, we are low-income communities, and the Census is…

I am also intrigued to hear that my colleagues are suddenly very concerned about foreign influence over American energy production, given the amount of Russian disinformation we hear daily inside this Committee.

I hope that will extend to the new Subcommittee that a certain billionaire, social media owner is hoping to intersect with right here in this Committee in the coming years.

What they are referring to is the inauguration day when the Trump Administration comes in and begins their purge of civil servants.

I believe that we have thoroughly debated the merits and significant impacts of this bill on the American economy and national security, as well as our communities. I point out that my colleague started this debate by saying this is not…

I sincerely hope that my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit so that we can protect our Nation's natural resources and our supply chain from our economic adversaries abroad. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my…

The statement that was made about immigrants who are undocumented taking American jobs under the legislation that we passed is a statement that Donald Trump made at a rally and is just untrue.

The American people know they are being price gouged.

We already have tried, and Donald Trump has tried some of these policies, and they were devastating for the American economy.