Trump and Musk's Republican Ripoff

EN ESPAÑOL: lo que la congresista está haciendo contra la estafa republicana de Trump y Musk: fernandez.house.gov/espanol/estafa

Trump, Musk, and their Republican ripoff have created fear, chaos, and pain for New Mexicans since day one. Click on the image below to listen to my tele town hall to find out what I’m doing to fight back and what we can do together to win.

Since January 20, the Trump Administration has brought fear and confusion to New Mexicans and everyone in America. I have received hundreds of thoughtful calls and messages from constituents saying you feel trapped in a never-ending crisis with new emergencies and unprecedented chaos unfolding every single day.

I hear you and I agree. Our country doesn't have a king and our service members fight every day to stop tyrants who give billionaires power over the people around the globe. This is a crisis. Here are a few things I’m doing to fight back against Trump and Musk’s attacks on your Social Security, Medicare, Head Start and other government programs to give tax cuts to billionaires.

• Demanding a STOP to Trump's Firing of Federal Workers in New Mexico and Across the U.S.
  
  •  Sent a letter alongside the rest of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation demanding that Trump stop his Administration's efforts to target federal employees, particularly those on probationary status.
  • Sent  a letter to President Trump, the Secretary of Interior, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services raising concerns about the legality of the administration's recent actions to fire Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, Haskell Indian Nations University, Southwestern Polytechnic Institute and the way these actions impact the sovereignty, self-determination, and trusty and treaty obligations for Indian Country.
  • Sent a letter to President Trump and the Secretary of Agriculture demanding they Reverse Forest Service Layoffs that can affect wildfire preparedness.
    
    
• Demanding Answers About Musk’s Power Grab and Protecting Americans’ Data
  •  Co-sponsored the Taxpayer Data Protection Act to block Musk and his team from accessing the Treasury payment system and the private data of Americans.

• • Joined over 150 colleagues to DEMAND answers from Secretary Bessent about Musk’s hostile takeover.

  • Protested and attempted to enter the Treasury Department to demand transparency on Musk’s access to your financial information. Musk’s minions denied us entry because they don’t want you to know what they’re doing in there—but we won’t stop.

  • Sent a letter to the Acting Secretary of Education and Acting Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) objecting to Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)’s work at the Department of Education, which appears to have resulted in recent orders to terminate ongoing federal education research, evaluation, statistics, and technical assistance efforts at the IES.

• Fighting Trump’s Theft of Federal Funds

  • Immediately held a press conference with the New Mexico delegation about the community health, education, veteran housing assistance, food assistance, and other services Trump’s illegal freeze affected.

  • Sent a letter with 150 Democrats to the Office of Management and Budget and National Economic Council to demand a list of infrastructure and other projects that Trump’s illegal spending freeze put on hold. 

  • I have publicly applauded federal court rulings that blocked Trump’s attempts to divert resources.

  • Working with local New Mexico organizations, nonprofits and federal employees to document the effects of Trump’s chaos.

  • Sent a letter to the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, and Department of Homeland Security highlighting the dangers of the Trump Administration's pause on wildfire mitigation and community resilience funding.

  • Sent a letter to the Acting Director of the National Institute of Health opposing  NIH's illegal announcement that it would abruptly slash indirect cost rates to an across-the-board 15% rate.

  • Sent a letter to Speaker Johnson demanding he reject any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in light of DOGE and Trump Administration actions and reverse course on any legislation that takes away these benefits.

• Standing up for Democratic Institutions and Federal Workers

  • Cosponsored the Saving the Civil Service Act to halt Trump’s efforts to politicize  federal public servants and strip protections for over 22,300 federal workers in New Mexico. 

  • Encouraged all federal workers who received Elon Musk’s scam “Fork in the Road” email to remain at their posts and continue their important service. 

  • Cosponsored legislation to condemn Trump’s pardon of criminals who assaulted Capitol Police officers on January 6.

  • Sent a letter to the Acting Director of OPM requesting a breakdown by agency, state, and district of the number of federal employees who have accepted the Administration’s “deferred resignation” offer.

  • Sent a letter to President Trump urging the immediate reinstatement of the National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox.

  • Sent a letter to the Director of OPM urging OMB Director to restore access to public datasets, clarify which datasets and tools they removed and plan on restoring, and if they plan to NOT restore access it requests an explanation of which datasets won't be restored and why American taxpayers will be denied access moving forward.

  • Sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel Dellinger commending the OSC for its recent decision to recommend halting the termination of probationary federal workers and encouraging the office to ensure all unfairly fired civil servants are immediately rehired and protected from greater abuse. 

• Standing Up to ICE Abuses

  • Led a letter to Trump demanding immediate action to stop ICE agents from harassing and detaining Native American Tribal members.

  • Sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General expressing concerns regarding reports on the recent reassignment of senior attorneys from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) to focus on immigration enforcement that targets sanctuary cities.

  • Working with partners to educate the public on their constitutional rights.

I plan to host an in person town hall soon to talk directly to you about these and other actions I plan to take to fight for you. To learn more, subscribe to my newsletter at https://fernandez.house.gov/contact/subscribe.htm.

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