Rep. Melanie Stansbury

This is not normal.

Another beautiful day on the road in New Mexico!!! Thank you Roswell, Ruidoso, Mescalero, Carrizozo, Lincoln and Chaves Counties for a beautiful couple of days! 💕

Trump is trying to use a backdoor to build his ballroom through Reconciliation. Just no! Let’s make our voices loud and clear—NO to Donald Trump’s ballroom slush fund! And, if you’re home here in New Mexico, come out and see us on our southern District Tour!

New Mexico is leading the way—because we do not wait for solutions, we create them. From protecting our land and water to investing in our families and communities, we’re showing what we can do when we are of the people, by the people. This is the New Mexico way! ❤️

Happy Cinco de Mayo! 🎉

We’re here in Roswell kicking off our Southern District tour! Today we visited the New Mexico Military Institute and Youth Challenge Academy and loved meeting with cadets, students, teachers and staff and hearing your hopes, dreams, and vision for the future! We’re so grateful for everything you’re doing to build our future!

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks in Congress and we’re excited to be home—but serving all of you is what keeps us grounded and hopeful.   Through all the ups and downs, we keep showing up, fighting for New Mexico, and making sure that your voices are heard! ❤️

Back in ABQ with some exciting news! This year our office is sponsoring a community garden at the Los Ranchos Agri-Nature Center! And, some of our seedlings are already coming up! Celebrating ag in our community and a home for local wildlife and some new furry friends (watch until the end!)—if you’re in the neighborhood in the North Valley, come stop by! 👩‍🌾🌱❤️

We know there are difficult days ahead—but we must continue to keep showing up as generations have before. Especially, in the wake of this week’s Voting Rights decision. Last year I had the opportunity to meet and hear the stories of those who marched in the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham in 1963– who had faced dogs, and fire hoses, and jail cells—but who helped changed the course of history and ultimately helped to pass that very same Voting Rights Act. Their stories hold an important lesson for us on courage and continuing to show up even when the road ahead is hard. We will get through this and we will prevail.

60 days of this illegal and disastrous war: -Thousands of civilians dead -13 service members killed -Hundreds injured -Over $24 billion spent -Munitions stockpiles depleted -Straight of Hormuz closed -Gas prices spiking -Congress failing to act -Trump still has no exit plan It’s time to END THIS WAR NOW!

This is what happens under fair maps—and why they gutted the Voting Rights Act. Get it? This is why generations marched, organized, and mobilized. And so must we.  📈@nytimes

Happy May Day! Today on International Workers’ Day, we are celebrating the organizers and workers who have fought for generations for workers’ rights.  As the daughter of an organizer, seamstress and Operating Engineer (Local 953 out of Farmington ✊) and one of the first women in NM (that’s my mom!)—we are #UnionStrong! As your Congresswoman, I am fighting every day to ensure the hardworking people of NM have dignity, respect, and a fair wage at work—fighting for you! 💪❤️

A wild week in DC! Ending the DHS shutdown, FISA, the Farm Bill and some crazy days. We’re headed home to NM for District Work Week. Come see us!

The House GOP let thousands of federal workers at TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard go without pay for months — just to squeeze more money out of Congress for ICE. Today, they folded—along with the other soft-liners, flip-floppers, and fold-overs (as our colleague calls them) that have held this Congress and the American people hostage for months. Time is up! We need leaders that stand with our people. Not against them.

You can cut me off—but you cannot silence us!  Even as the Supreme Court has dealt a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act—we will continue to organize, mobilize, and push forward—just as generations have before us!

Now let’s do the Epstein cases…

This is a Justice Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor appreciation post. Thank you for your just and righteous voices and your fierce defense of our democracy. ❤️

And to think, they could’ve done this weeks ago.

It’s time for Hegseth to go!

Yesterday SCOTUS gutted enforcement of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. There’s a lot to unpack. Here with @repscfigures of AL-02 to talk about what it means, especially in the South, and what comes next ⬇️