118th Congress
WASHINGTON —A total of $33,494,691 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been awarded for upgrades at airports across New Mexico. This federal funding includes grants from the Infrastructure Law including $15.7 million to fully fund a new 21,000-square-foot terminal at the Clovis Regional Airport (CVN) and nearly $2.5 million for a project to reconstruct a taxiway at Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), and over $700,000 for navigational aids including wind cone, lighting and beacon at Angel Fire Airport.
Over the last year, With Many Hands Alamogordo member volunteers and leaders have been laser focused on how they can effect change locally in the areas of food security by creating community gardens and collaborating with a variety of nonprofits. The local chapter was established under the leadership of Courtney McCary-Squyres and her husband James with significant support from the board and very focused volunteers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S.
The New Mexican Delegation of Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan and Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez have spoken in support of a $16.6 million dollar award for the state from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
This financial support is going to New Mexican organizations that assist the customs and border protection agency in maintaining order at the border.
One of the priorities in this move is to help asylum seekers who are lawfully processed into the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, August 29, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack demanding accountability for unacceptable delays of food deliveries to New Mexico Tribes by the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).