In Congress, I will support working families by …

In Congress, I will support working families by expanding paid family and medical leave, enforcing equal pay for equal work legislation, and working for universal health care. I support #Medicare4All. In Congress, I will do everything in my power to address the injustices in our health care system. The fact is insurance companies make huge profits while working families struggle to afford basic coverage. Universal coverage for New Mexico families, as well as families across our country, reflects my belief that health care is a right of all Americans, not a privilege for the affluent. www.mad4nm.com

I attended the Otero County Commissioners meeting …

I attended the Otero County Commissioners meeting this AM. I was fully prepared to speak in defense of our union brothers and sisters against the injustice of the current union-busting strategy of so-called “Right to Work” laws. The meeting was well attended, with people standing in the hall. When the commission addressed right to work, the proposed law was titled in ambiguous language, and was pulled out of agenda order to sow confusion. A woman in the audience raised her hand for clarification of the wording in order to ascertain if this was the bill we were there to address. They asked her to state her name, then proceeded to ignore her question. The commissioners ignored the amendments supplied by their own lawyer. They refused to have public comment. They voted for “Right to Work” by trampling over the rights of the people to speak.

Let me speak plainly. When you act in secrecy during what is purported to be a public meeting, you are NOT on the people’s side.

I will always stand up for the working people of New Mexico. www.mad4nm.com

In Congress, I will devote myself to reversing the …

In Congress, I will devote myself to reversing the Trump Administration’s anti-environment, pro-fracking agenda and ushering in a new era of economic expansion around New Mexico’s abundant clean and renewable energy sources. The numbers speak for themselves. In 2016, solar was creating U.S. jobs at 17 times the rate of the national economy, rising to nearly 300,000 jobs in the U.S. solar industry. In 2017, the U.S. wind industry put up a new wind turbine up every few hours and now provides over 100,000 jobs. New Mexico needs to be a national leader the renewable economy.

In addition, we need to secure New Mexico’s water rights. New Mexico’s water resources are critically important to our economy, specifically ranching and farming. Recent court decisions have put these water resources increasingly at risk. The simple fact is our water resources are under extreme pressure from overuse and the effects of global warming. While we need to partner with surrounding southwestern states and take a regional approach to solving our water issues, we also need to make sure New Mexico’s farmers, ranchers, and cattle producers are protected. As your Congresswoman from new Mexico, I will fight to make sure New Mexican water rights are protected.

In Congress, I will devote myself to reversing the …

In Congress, I will devote myself to reversing the Trump Administration’s anti-environment, pro-fracking agenda and ushering in a new era of economic expansion around New Mexico’s abundant clean and renewable energy sources.

“According to a study released by the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, New Mexico has the capacity to triple solar energy jobs using many of the mechanisms included in the Democratic Party of New Mexico’s (DPNM) 2018 Platform.”

In Congress, I will work to reduce the cost of …

In Congress, I will work to reduce the cost of higher education and a move toward free tuition for the first two years of college. I will also support funding to expand early childhood education here in New Mexico.

The truth is, in New Mexico, and throughout America, you can assess the quality of the public education a student receives by the zip code where they live. When I was growing up, education was the great equalizer in America. The promise was, no matter where you lived, you had access to a quality public education. Today, that is no longer the case. Poor communities are getting the short end of the stick. In Congress, I’ll work to change this. In addition to reducing the cost of higher education, I’ll work to support the expansion of New Mexico’s community colleges. Many students are looking for alternatives to the four-year college degree. Our network of community colleges offers students a less expensive pathway to good-paying jobs, fulfilling careers, and long-term security.