During his years in the lower House, Dennis served New Mexico's
interests through sponsoring legislation that continues to benefit the state.
Examples of his project sponsorship include reclamation projects affecting the Elephant Butte Dam Project and the Carlsbad Irrigation Project.

In 1932, he was appointed chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee and in 1933 sponsored a bill authorizing compensatory payments of $750,000.00 to New Mexico Pueblo Indians for misappropriated lands.

Beginning in 1937, he introduced the first of many bills to protect Indian lands, citizenship, voting rights and self-determination. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he advocated national education measures.
 

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American Hispanics Contributions to America, Senator
Dennis Chavez