Supporting Our First Responders

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Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, as we honor Police Week, I rise to take a moment to thank all of our first responders who bravely put their lives on the line every day across New Mexico and to honor all of those who have fallen in the line of duty.

As we honor our heroes, we must honor them not just in words, but in action, because our communities deserve real solutions: funding for law enforcement, behavioral health programs, keeping fentanyl off the streets, and real solutions that keep our communities safe.

That is why I have been working with State police, Tribal law enforcement, county sheriffs, and police departments across New Mexico to invest in technologies and tools to fund fire stations and emergency response, to invest in healthcare providers and behavioral health clinics, working with housing and homeless providers to help our veterans, elders, families, and young people, and to keep our communities safe. We do it by investing not only in the people who serve our communities bravely every day, but by investing in the people of our communities.

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