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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for 2024-04-21 ( 7 items )  
Heinrich Celebrates National Park Week (10)
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a video statement celebrating National Park Week, days after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution he cosponsored marking the week of April 20 through April 28 as National Park Week 2024. The resolution, supported on a bipartisan basis with 64 Senate cosponsors, seeks to boost awareness of  more PR

Heinrich, Wyden, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Strengthen America's Electric Grid, Improve Data and Models for Energy Reliability (10)
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced two bills to bolsterthe nation's power grid by improving data and modelsto better understand and predict electric reliability. More granular data is needed to better understand weather impacts on energy resources and demands, especially as extreme weather eventsexacerbated by climate change increase in freq more PR

Rep. Stansbury Signs Letter Urging Biden and Blinken to Withhold Military Aid to Israel (10)
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) issued the following statement after signing a letter written by Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), also signed by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), urging President Biden and Secretary Blinken to withhold offensive military aid to Israel if U.S. or international law was broken during the airstrikes that  more PR

Rep. Stansbury Statement on New Department of Transportation Railroad Rule (10)
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation announced a new general rule requiring two-person crews on railroads:  "Today's announcement by the Biden Administration that two-person crews will be required in railroad operations is a crucial step in addressing the catastrophic train derailments that have impacted communities across the Unite more PR

Rep. Stansbury's Bipartisan Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act Passes House by Unanimous Consent (10)
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: VIDEO LINK: Video available here. U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) issued the following statement after her bipartisan Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act passed the House of Representatives by unanimous consent as part of the EXPLORE Act:  "I am thrilled that the bipartisan EXPLORE Act finally made its way out of the House by unanimous consent and is now on its way to the Se more PR

Rep. Stansbury's Statement on Protections for Buffalo Tract (10)
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced protections for Buffalo Tract:  "Thank you President Biden and Secretary Deb Haaland for taking decisive action to protect Buffalo Tract in Sandoval County from oil and gas development for the next 50 years. "The protection of New Mexico's land and water is integral to our cultures and ways of more PR

Reps. Stansbury, Grijalva, Huffman Request Whistleblower Documents Alleging Human Rights Violations by Major India Shrimp Supplier (10)
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), sent a letter requesting documents related to a whistleblower's account of human rights abuses at a shrimp processing facility operated by one of India's largest shrimp exporters, Choice Canning. The whistleblower's account was recently reported as part of the Outlaw Ocean Project's extensive inve more PR