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Trump and his Republican ripoff have created fear, chaos, and pain for New Mexicans since day one. Click HERE to watch my recent town hall and to find out what I’m doing to fight back and what we can do together to win.
Since January 20, the Trump Administration has brought fear and confusion to New Mexicans and everyone in America. I have received hundreds of thoughtful calls and messages from constituents saying you feel trapped in a never-ending crisis with new emergencies and unprecedented chaos unfolding every single day.
I hear you and I agree. Our country doesn't have a king and our service members fight every day to stop tyrants who give billionaires power over the people around the globe. This is a crisis. Here are a few things I’m doing to fight back against Trump and Musk’s attacks on your Social Security, Medicare, Head Start and other government programs to give tax cuts to billionaires.
I voted against the disastrous Republican government funding bill. I offered 20 amendments to protect funding for rural health care, addiction recovery programs, law enforcement, and schools. I also offered one to stop Elon Musk from getting a tax break. Republicans voted down every amendment.
Trump has already slashed $1 billion from nutrition programs; this bill will give them the authority to ignore the cries of hungry children and mothers and cut these programs even deeper. It also cuts $15 billion that were destined for community projects in Republican and Democratic districts including help for local domestic violence shelters, youth community centers, and childcare centers.
Sent a letter alongside the rest of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation demanding that Trump stop his Administration's efforts to target federal employees, particularly those on probationary status.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump, the Secretary of Interior, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services raising concerns about the legality of the administration's recent actions to fire Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, Haskell Indian Nations University, Southwestern Polytechnic Institute and the way these actions impact the sovereignty, self-determination, and trust and treaty obligations for Indian Country.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump and the Secretary of Agriculture demanding they Reverse Forest Service Layoffs that can affect wildfire preparedness.
Co-sponsored the Taxpayer Data Protection Act to block Musk and his team from accessing the Treasury payment system and the private data of Americans.
Joined over 150 colleagues to DEMAND answers from Secretary Bessent about Musk’s hostile takeover.
Protested and attempted to enter the Treasury Department to demand transparency on Musk’s access to your financial information. Musk’s minions denied us entry because they don’t want you to know what they’re doing in there—but we won’t stop.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Acting Secretary of Education and Acting Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) objecting to Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)’s work at the Department of Education, which appears to have resulted in recent orders to terminate ongoing federal education research, evaluation, statistics, and technical assistance efforts at the IES.
Fighting Trump’s Theft of Federal Funds
Immediately held a press conference with the New Mexico delegation about the community health, education, veteran housing assistance, food assistance, and other services Trump’s illegal freeze affected.
Sent a letter with 150 Democrats to the Office of Management and Budget and National Economic Council to demand a list of infrastructure and other projects that Trump’s illegal spending freeze put on hold.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, and Department of Homeland Security highlighting the dangers of the Trump Administration's pause on wildfire mitigation and community resilience funding.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Acting Director of the National Institute of Health opposing NIH's illegal announcement that it would abruptly slash indirect cost rates to an across-the-board 15% rate.
I have publicly applauded federal court rulings that blocked Trump’s attempts to divert resources.
Working with local New Mexico organizations, nonprofits and federal employees to document the effects of Trump’s chaos.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Speaker Johnson demanding he reject any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in light of DOGE and Trump Administration actions and reverse course on any legislation that takes away these benefits.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator urging him to stop the reckless, unjustified attack on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and unfreeze $20 billion in legally obligated funds.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the director of the Office of Management and Budget requesting an itemized list of programs, projects, and activities that have been put on hold because of Trump’s executive order on January 20, 2025, pausing the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding. Sent a letter alongside other members to the Comptroller General urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to develop a database to systematically track delays in disbursing appropriated and obligated funds to American communities as a result of Trump's Executive Orders.
Standing up for Democratic Institutions and Federal Workers
Cosponsored the Saving the Civil Service Act to halt Trump’s efforts to politicize federal public servants and strip protections for over 22,300 federal workers in New Mexico.
Encouraged all federal workers who received Elon Musk’s scam “Fork in the Road” email to remain at their posts and continue their important service.
Cosponsored legislation to condemn Trump’s pardon of criminals who assaulted Capitol Police officers on January 6.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Acting Director of OPM requesting a breakdown by agency, state, and district of the number of federal employees who have accepted the Administration’s “deferred resignation” offer.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump urging the immediate reinstatement of the National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Director of OPM urging OMB Director to restore access to public datasets, clarify which datasets and tools they removed and plan on restoring, and if they plan to NOT restore access it requests an explanation of which datasets won't be restored and why American taxpayers will be denied access moving forward.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Office of Special Counsel Dellinger commending the OSC for its recent decision to recommend halting the termination of probationary federal workers and encouraging the office to ensure all unfairly fired civil servants are immediately rehired and protected from greater abuse.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of Commerce opposing mass layoffs at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and requesting answers to a series of oversight questions.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump expressing concerns on reports that he is considering signing an Executive Order to dismiss the duly appointed United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors and absorb the USPS into the Department of Commerce and urging POTUS to refrain from further action to undermine the Postal Service's role as an independent agency.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump and the Director of the National Science Foundation expressing a grave concern about the recent firing of 168 workers at the National Science Foundation.
Led 236 colleagues along with Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Committee on Education & Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) in a letter to President Donald Trump in response to his unprecedented and unlawful dismissal of Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels.
Standing Up to ICE Abuses
Led a letter to Trump demanding immediate action to stop ICE agents from harassing and detaining Native American Tribal members.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the U.S. Attorney General expressing concerns regarding reports on the recent reassignment of senior attorneys from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) to focus on immigration enforcement that targets sanctuary cities.
Working with partners to educate the public on their constitutional rights.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) urging the immediate and full renewal of the federal contract that currently provides legal representation to over twenty-six thousand unaccompanied children across the U.S.
Co-sponsored the Protecting America’s Workforce Act to protect federal workers from President Trump’s executive order limiting collective bargaining rights.
Co-sponsored the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act to combat President Trump’s tax incentives for offshoring jobs and profits.
Cosponsored legislation to ease the process of receiving permanent citizenship for immigrants who are either attending a U.S. educational institution, serving in the U.S. military, or are currently employed.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to express concern around the current housing crisis and DOGE’s involvement in the HUD.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of the USDA demanding that funds disbursed from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is reinstated to its original amount.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of the USDA urging them to address the emerging threat of the New World Screwworm, including considering establishing a sterile fly production facility in Texas or the Southwest.
Sent a letter alongside other members urging HHS Secretary and Acting CMS Administrator to improve risk adjustment calculations in the proposed 2026 Medicare Advantage Rate Notice to eliminate overpayments, as well as strictly enforce the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule’s Medicare Advantage Organizations.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Hegseth condemning censorship in schools operated by the DoDEA.
Sent a letter alongside other members to express deep concern for the nationwide termination of LFPA and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS).
Sent a letter alongside other members to DOI Secretary Burgum requesting that funding for the Orphan Oil and Gas Well Program resumes.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Administrator Zeldin and Attorney General Bondi expressing concern regarding the dismissal of a lawsuit towards Denka, a chemical company operation in LA, and urging the government to take the proper measures to protect the health and welfare of the American people.
Led a letter alongside other members to the Speaker of the House asking that the SAVE act be removed from consideration due to the devastating effect it will have on millions of women voters.
Led a letter to President Trump demanding that federal employees at the Social Security Administration are reinstated and retained due to the harm proposed cuts will have on the economic security of millions of women.
Led a letter to President Trump insisting that he end the tariff war and focus on policies that lower everyday costs for women and families.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Social Security Administration Acting Director requesting that phone services for vulnerable populations that rely on Social Security benefits are kept safe.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs support H.R. 1964 to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Las Cruces, NM to the “Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic”
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Acting GSA Administrator disagreeing with the planned facility closures at the Department of Interior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the United States Forest Service across the country, and demanding that the closures be halted immediately and that a comprehensive review of the decision-making process that led to this action be conducted.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Rollins urging swift compliance with the Supreme Court to reinstate terminated probationary employees at the Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically emphasizing reinstating agricultural inspectors with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Sent a letter alongside other members to Postmaster DeJoy to immediately stop the decision to cut 10,000 workers within 30 days through the voluntary early retirement program. It also urges him to provide full details to Congress of the reported agreement with DOGE.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Burgum and Secretary McMahon urging the DOI and Dept. of Ed to heed the call of dozens of Tribal Nations who explicitly stated they do not support proposed efforts by the Administration to restructure tribal education and BIE programs into school voucher programs.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Hegseth, Secretary Rubio, the Director of the DNI, and the Director of the NSA expressing deep concern regarding the leak of sensitive information concerning military operations in Yemen from a Signal group chat.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Secretary of the VA denouncing recent anti-trans initiatives.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Acting Director Ezell demanding complete information about New Mexican federal employees who have been terminated, placed on leave, transferred, or been subject to a reduction in force (RIF) by April 14th, 2025.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump expressing concern over his plan to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Zeldin opposing the administration’s massive deregulation proposals for EPA, which reveal a complete disregard for the EPA’s central mission and purpose.
Sent a letter alongside other members to urge the House Committee on Ways and Means Chair and Ranking Member to protect the tax-exempt status of credit unions as they are pivotal players in tax reform.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Lutnick to exclude baby products from blanket tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Kennedy concerned over the closure of multiple Office of Head Start regional offices and asks for the criteria used to determine which regional offices would be closed, how HHS plans to support Head Start programs across the nation, and how the regional office’s staff were informed of the office’s closure.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Kennedy concerned over the HHS’s recent action to freeze tens of millions of dollars in Title X’s funding, the nation’s only federal program dedicated to family planning, and what the impact would be on Planned Parenthood state affiliates.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Rollins expressing concern over the USDA’s recent decision to end $500 million in Commodity Credit Corporation funding for food banks and emergency food providers, allocated through TEFAP.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump urging him to immediately rescind his harmful executive order taking away the rights for federal workers to unionize and collectively bargain.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the Treasury Secretary to update the Executive Order to exempt the CDFI Fund from its scope, ensure that the CDFI staff has access to the internet to do their jobs, and work with Congress to strengthen and expand the work of the CDFI Fund immediately.
Sent a letter alongside other members urging the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to keep the final rule entitled “Reproductive Health Services” which makes sure that veterans and their loved ones can access abortion care and counseling through the VA.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy to reverse the termination decisions at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Linda McMahon expressing deep concern over the Administration’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education and its potential impact on Federal TRIO programs, which support almost 900,000 disadvantaged students nationwide.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Linda McMahon expressing concern over the President’s recent Executive Order to remove the Department of Education will affect the disbursement of Impact Aid, which funds over 1,000 school districts which serve almost 8 million students.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump urging for the removal of the 15% cap on indirect research costs for the NIH grants, the rescinding of the list of banned words that includes “female” and “women,” and prioritizing women’s research funding, alluding to the massive cut to the CDMRP at the DoD.
Led a letter with other members demanding President Trump to revoke his Executive Order that implements the SAVE Act, disenfranchising women voters.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the President refuting the Removal of Diverse Men and Women from the military, and reinstating all veterans and service member’s websites who were removed under the guise of eliminating DEI content, including the Navajo Code Talkers.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary Lutnick and Acting Under Secretary for Standards and Technology to request that the Administration reverses course, renews funding for the ten MEP centers that lapsed April 1st, and continue to support the MEP program to advance American manufacturing.
Sent a letter alongside other members requesting President Trump to reverse his course of action on family detention.
Sent a letter to Secretary Noem and Acting Director Scott expressing opposition to the recently released Interim Final Rule (IFR) on “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration” published on March 12, 2025, which coerces undocumented immigrants to both register their presence and surrender their biometric identification to the U.S. Government.
Sent a letter alongside other members to President Trump and the National Endowment of the Humanities Acting Chair Michael McDonald expressing deep concern about the future of the National Endowment for the Humanities, given the terminated grants, and urges the NEH to follow federal law and honor their agreements with grantees and humanities councils. This letter asserts that Congress appropriated these grants, and that federal law requires the grantees to receive this support for the full duration of their grants, as long as no proof of misuse exists.
Sent a letter alongside other members to CMS Administrator Oz urging CMS to not enact the proposed rule to reverse the ACA Marketplace eligibility for DACA recipients as it spotlights that DACA recipients are five times more likely to be uninsured compared to U.S. born peers.
Sent a letter alongside other members to Secretary McMahon calling on the Department to reverse the decision, restore OELA’s independent status, and uphold Title III obligations as well as urging the Department to clarify who will be responsible for administering $890 million under the Title III English Language Acquisition grant program.
Sent a letter alongside other members to the CMS Administrator Oz requesting information about the prolonged suspension of TrueCoverage, the second largest enroller of ACA customers in the country, and its affiliate, Benefitalign.
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