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Albuquerque, NM – Today, Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01), Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), led a bicameral letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, calling on them to protect the Afro-Brazilian communities from racist attacks and displacement.
NM Census response rate currently behind national average
Washington D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) continued her work to remove PFAS chemicals from all New Mexican military installations. During a House Armed Services Committee, Haaland pressed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment Maureen Sullivan about the current steps to clean up contamination and the urgency to clean up those sites.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chair Jackie Speier (CA-14), Reps.
Albuquerque, NM – At 6:00 p.m. MT on August 27, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small will bring representatives from the U.S Military, Naval, Air Force and Merchant Marine Academies, in addition to ROTC programs and New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), together for a virtual Q&A session. The conversation is an opportunity for high school seniors and recent graduates to ask questions about the nomination process and attending U.S.
Albuquerque, N.M. – Today, U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland (NM-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), and Max Rose (NY-11) introduced new legislation to force the Trump Administration to cover the full cost of National Guard deployments for COVID-19 response efforts throughout the nation. Currently, only Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas receive full cost coverage.
Washington, D.C. – Today, with the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Congresswoman Deb Haaland voted to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. The Delivering for America Act provides $25 billion in critical funding for the Postal Service – the same level of funding recommended by the USPS Board of Governors, which is composed of 100 percent President Trump appointees.
During National Day of Action, USPS Postmaster General Delays Changes Until After the 2020 Election
Albuquerque, N.M. – This week, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Congressman Mike Waltz (Fla.-06) sent a bipartisan letter to the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper urging the Department of Defense(DoD) to close child care gaps for military families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Max Rose (NY-11) and Deb Haaland (NM-01) led a call of more than 30 lawmakers urging the Trump Administration to extend the activations of men and women in the National Guard for the entire duration of the declared disasters and emergencies so they can continue to assist with the nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic uninterrupted.