Santa Fe, NM – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) issued the following statement after two federal judges ruled that the Trump administration has legal authority and an obligation to use billions in contingency funds to pay out Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to tens of millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown: “It shouldn’t take a court ruli... Read More »
N.M. DELEGATION WELCOMES STATE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO FUND NEW MEXICANS’ SNAP BENEFITS DURING TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN N.M. Delegation also renews their call for Congressional Republicans to work with Democrats to negotiate a government funding deal that lowers the cost of health care and ensures New Mexicans don’t go hungry because of Trump’s inability to lead WASHINGTON — As over 450,000 New Mexicans were... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Trump shutdown continues to threaten childcare and early education across the nation, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and Reps. André Carson (IN-07) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act, a bill to permanently establish and protect the Office of Head Start and its 12 regional offices. The bill, introduced during Head S... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), introduced the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to recognize the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy. “We need the world to know that Latinas get paid 54 cents to the dollar paid to white males in the United States. That’s simply not fair. It... Read More »
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 Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins demanding that the Trump Administration exclude New Me... Read More »
WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and Senator Martin Heinrich (NM) joined Pueblo leaders to demand the Trump Administration maintain a ban on oil and gas development on federal lands surrounding Chaco Canyon sponsored in the Senate by Senator Luján (NM) and in the House by Congresswoman Leg... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Leader John Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson, and additional chairs and ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for the completion of current outstanding water settlements and related technical amendments. Th... Read More »
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 Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming $21,239,759 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for upgrades at airports across New Mexico. These grants are funded by Congress through the FAA’s Airport Infrastructure Grant Pro... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday September 3, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Executive Steering Committee members met with a group of the brave survivors who traveled to Capitol Hill to share the stories of their abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators. As they shared their stories, the victims asked for support of legislation to prevent sexual exploitation and called fo... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led 27 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raising concerns about the implementation of the Trump administration’s new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, established under Section 71401 of the recently signed budget reconciliation bill. While the administra... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Following recent reporting that new, internal policies in the Trump Administration — implemented via presidential executive orders and the President’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) — are delaying and reducing patient care at Gallup Indian Medical Center, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) formally... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led a bipartisan group of senators and representatives demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately release updated regulations for the newly expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and ensure the program is implemented quickly and effectively. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the lawmakers thanked th... Read More »
Register for the virtual Q&A here The nominations application is now live here WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 6 p.m. MT on Thursday, September 4, the offices of U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), 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.), and will bring together representatives from the U.S. Military Servic... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) led 34 Members of Congress in calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to protect immigrant access to Head Start. The Representatives sent the letter after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice in the Federal Register on July 15 that chang... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Monday August, 11, Chair Leger Fernández and The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Reproductive Task Force Co-Chair and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28) and DWC Members Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Nydia Velázquez (NY-7) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expressing deep concern over ICE impersonator... Read More »
