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Military Spouse and Former VA Employee Fired by DOGE To Join Representative Leger Fernández for Trump’s First Address to a Joint Session of Congress

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced that Arielle Pines, a dedicated former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee and military spouse, will be her guest at President Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress during his second term. Pines dedicated her life to serving those who served our nation until Elon Musk's DOGE and Donald Trump took her job from ...

Rep. Leger Fernández, Sen. Luján, Families, and Health Experts Sound Alarm on Harmful Impact of Republican Medicaid Cuts

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Watch the press conference HERE. ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) joined health care experts and New Mexicans who rely on Medicaid to expose the devastating consequences of the proposed $880 billion in Republican cuts to Medicaid. The cuts would threaten rural health clinics, strip coverage from families, and endanger life-saving care f...

N.M. Delegation Reintroduce Slate of Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are reintroducing a slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills they are pushing to pass in this Congress. The full slate of Tribal water rights settlements legislation includes: The Rio San José and Rio Jem...

N.M. Delegation Demands HHS Secretary Kennedy Take Immediate Action to Contain Measles Outbreak

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding immediate action to contain the recent outbreak of measles in New Mexico. Measles, once declared eliminated in the U.S. over ...

Leger Fernández joins 200 Colleagues to Reintroduce the Bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernandez joined Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) to reintroduce the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act of 2025, alongside co-authors of the bill, Representatives Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09), and co-leads, Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Lou Correa (...

Congresswoman Leger Fernández Votes Against Republican Ripoff That Will Raise Costs and Rip Away Health Care from New Mexicans

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted no on H. Con. Res. 14, the Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025, which would gut critical health care programs, slash education funding, raise costs for working families, and hand massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. The resolution passed by a vote of 217 to 215. “Budgets reflect our values. Th...

Leger Fernández, New Mexico Farmers, Advocates Speak Out Against Trump’s Freeze of USDA Funding

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WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE SANTA FE, N.M. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) hosted a press conference with local farmers, ranchers, Tribal representatives, and conservation leaders to denounce the Trump Administration’s funding freeze on critical U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Natural Resources ...

Leger Fernández and N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Stop Unlawful Mass Firings of Probationary Federal Employees

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are demanding that President Trump immediately halt his unlawful mass firings of federal employees on probationary status. Nearly all federal employees are routinely in a probationary period for the first ...

Leger Fernández, Heinrich, Luján Demand Permanent Relocation of Chimayó Post Office Ahead of 2 Year Anniversary of Fire

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, urging USPS to end the agency’s unacceptable delay and finally commit to a location for a permanent location for a new post office in Chimayó. The Chimayó Post Office was destroyed by a fire on February 14, 2023. “Two years without a ...

Leger Fernández Joins 143 House Democrats Urging Trump to Retract Gaza Statements

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Washington, D.C. – Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), joined 143 House Democrats in urging President Donald Trump to retract his statements that the civilian Palestinian population of the Gaza strip should be permanently relocated and the United States should take control of the region. “Now more than ever, the United States must play a constructive role in the resolution of the Israeli...

Leger Fernández Slams Trump After He Abandons Rural America, Freezes Critical Funding for Farmers and Small Businesses

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SANTA FE, NM– Congresswoman Leger Fernández (D-NM) released a statement slamming President Trump following the news that the Trump administration has turned its back on rural Americans by freezing critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding, including grants within the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreements, which a...

Leger Fernández Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Public Safety in Indian Country

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Washington, D.C. – Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) introduced the bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act to support the recruitment and retention of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers, bolster federal missing persons resources, and give Tribes and states tools to co...

Leger Fernández Hosts Webinar to Discuss Social Security Fairness Act and Elon Musk’s Breach of Sensitive Treasury Data

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) hosted a virtual roundtable featuring special guests from the Social Security Administration, the National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Alliance for Retired Americans to discuss how the newly signed Social Security Fairness Act benefits New Mexicans. At the event, she highlighted...

Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández Blasts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a Threat to Public Health and Women's Rights

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Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández Blasts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a Threat to Public Health and Women's Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. —Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement ahead of the Finance Committee’s vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to serve as the Health and Human Services Secretary, expected Tuesday. This ...

DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández, Armed Services Veterans Chrissy Houlahan, Mikie Sherrill, and Maggie Goodlander Denounce Department of Defense Cuts to Servicewomen’s Health Care

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DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández, Armed Services Veterans Chrissy Houlahan, Mikie Sherrill, and Maggie Goodlander Denounce Department of Defense Cuts to Servicewomen’s Health Care WASHINGTON, D.C. —Just days into Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the Department of Defense (DoD), the DoD rescinded the policy that allowed servicewomen to be reimbursed for travel to receive reproductive health c...

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