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May 5, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S.

May 5, 2020 Press Release

Albuquerque, N.M. – Today, Congresswomen Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Sharice Davids (Kans.-03) called Congress’ attention to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls crisis with a U.S. House resolution. The U.S.

May 4, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S.

May 1, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D- Calif.), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, and Rep.

May 1, 2020 Press Release
Washington, DC – On Monday, May 4th, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by Co-Chairs Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and Jackie Speier (CA-14) and Vice Chairs Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Deb Haaland (NM-01) will host a virtual meeting on the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on women and families. 
 
May 1, 2020 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee is hosting a livestreamed roundtable on Tuesday, May 5, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Trump administration’s push to deregulate the fossil fuel industry and other heavy polluters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 1, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2020) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S.

April 30, 2020 Press Release

Washington, D.C. Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Vice Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M) today strongly criticized the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) efforts to open sacred tribal lands in New Mexico to new oil and gas extraction during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

April 30, 2020 Press Release

Albuquerque, N.M. – Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) released the following statement after the Library of Congress announced that Joy Harjo will continue her role as the national Poet Laureate for a second term:

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April 10, 2019 In The News

Deb Haaland is passing on a Senate run.

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April 9, 2019 In The News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The fight to prevent oil and gas drilling at historic Chaco Canyon has reached Congress. 

Tuesday, members of New Mexico's congressional delegation reintroduced a measure to prevent future leasing or development on federally-owned land within 10 miles of the park. 

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April 9, 2019 In The News

Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation on Tuesday announced legislation preventing the sale of oil and gas leases on federally owned lands in a 10-mile radius surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

April 9, 2019 In The News

Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-03), the first two Native American Women elected to the US House, speak at the 2019 We Are EMILY gala.

 

April 9, 2019 In The News

Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) marked her first 100 days in office with a House Floor speech highlighting significant legislative accomplishments.

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April 8, 2019 In The News

WASHINGTON (KRQE) - A New Mexico congresswoman pressed the Air Force Secretary over the jet fuel leak at Kirtland. 

During a recent House Armed Services Committee meeting, Rep. Deb Haaland asked Secretary Heather Wilson about the long cleanup process. The leak of millions of gallons of fuel into the soil was first discovered in 1999. 

April 7, 2019 In The News

Congress voted to pass Violence Against Women Act; Legislative path ahead is complicated by sharp divisions over human rights, gun provisions

April 7, 2019 In The News

WASHINGTON — Immediately after the U.S. House passed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Vice Chair of the Democratic Women’s Women’s Caucus, celebrated its passage joining women congressional leaders at a press conference.

Haaland’s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:

April 1, 2019 In The News

‘We’ve made the most of every single minute of every single day,’ she says

Deb Haaland hasn’t been in Washington long.

March 31, 2019 In The News

Leaders in Middle Eastern countries appreciate the work U.S. troops are doing in the region, U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland was told during a recent tour.

The New Mexico Democrat met with King Abdullah of Jordan, the prime minister of Jordan and the prime minister of Iraq two weeks ago during a visit to Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq as a member of the House Armed Forces Committee.

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