U.S. Rep.-elect Stansbury Pledges to Address Systemic Hunger

In an article summarizing the results of our special election in New Mexico Congressional District #1, the news magazine Roll Call pointed to one of the priorities of US Representative-elect. "In Congress, Stansbury says, she will push for legislation to expand food and income support programs to address systemic hunger."

But we already knew this about Melanie. She played an integral role in helping a broad coalition of non-governmental organizations and coalitions put together the comprehensive food, hunger and water bill that was approved in the House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee. The initiative did not come up for a vote in the House floor, and Melanie explained why during her presentation at the Interfaith Hunger Coalition's Hunger and the 2021 New Mexico State Legislature. We posted Melanie's segment first, followed by the video of the full program, which also includes Pam Roy from the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council and Kurt Rager from the Lutheran Advocacy New Mexico.