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April 24, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) is leading a call for immediate relief for state Medicaid programs to increase health care access. With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through the country, more residents qualify for Medicaid increasing the financial burden for state governments. In a letter to U.S.

April 23, 2020 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) released a video statement ahead of the U.S. House of Representatives vote on the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. 
 

April 22, 2020 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Thursday, April 23, 2020 Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Mark Ruffalo will discuss a green stimulus during live Earth Day event. Haaland’s feature comes on the second day of the U.S. Climate Strike’s three-day “Earth Day Live” event.
 
April 22, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) is part of a coalition of Democratic leaders of color urging Senate and House leadership to include federal funding for local and ethnic media outlets in a future stimulus package.
April 22, 2020 Press Release

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

April 22, 2020 Press Release

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Today, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) announced that she cosponsored the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act which would, among other provisions, help ensure that all communities are able to access COVID-19 testing and treatment, and other relief services provided in coronavirus relief legislation.

April 20, 2020 Press Release

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s (NM-01) announced that her 2020 Congressional Art Competition and Online People’s Choice Awards will continue through the coronavirus pandemic.

April 17, 2020 Press Release

Albuquerque, N.M. – Representatives Deb Haaland (NM-01), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Don Young (AK-At Large) led 62 of their colleagues in calling on House leadership to remove restrictions on credit unions that prevent them from fully serving small businesses in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 25, 2019 In The News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) traveled to the Middle East this week as part of a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Congressional delegation (CODEL).

March 19, 2019 In The News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, along with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps.
March 18, 2019 In The News

Deb Haaland is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo people and a Democrat representing New Mexico’s 1st District in the House of Representatives. Joênia Wapichana is a member of the Wapichana indigenous people from the northern Brazilian Amazon and represents Roraima in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.

March 14, 2019 In The News

Rep. Deb Haaland got emotional while questioning a witness at a hearing on missing and murdered indigenous women Thursday. Choking back tears, Haaland asked North Dakota state Rep. Ruth Buffalo about a garment she presented during her testimony that was handmade to represent members of indigenous groups who were missing or murdered.

March 14, 2019 In The News

WASHINGTON (KRQE) - Rep. Deb Haaland addressed Congress Thursday morning on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women.

On reservations, American Indian women have murder rates 10 times the national average. Due to a lack of coordination between federal, state, and tribal governments, there are dozens of unreported and unsolved murders on tribal lands every year.

March 10, 2019 In The News

In this week’s Sunday Spotlight, NBC’s Harry Smith sits down with New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, one of two Native Americans sworn into congress for the first time this past election cycle.

March 8, 2019 In The News

A panel of politicians and political scientists spoke at the Jack Morton Auditorium Wednesday about the importance of youth political engagement.

March 8, 2019 In The News

International Women's Day marks a moment to pause and reflect on just how far women and girls around the world have come in the fight for equality—and how far we still have to go in the bid for equality for all. To mark International Women's Day, Newsweek asked a selection of women in U.S.

March 7, 2019 In The News

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) became the first Native American woman to sit in the House Speaker's chair as she presided over a floor debate on a voting rights and campaign finance bill.

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