Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-3), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Nikema Williams (GA-5) introduced a resolution recognizing March 25th, 2025, as Equal Pay Day to underscore the disparity between wages paid to men and women. The resolution raises awareness of the gender wage gap and its impact on women, families, and the nation, while reaffirming... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday March 20, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement on the Trump Administration’s illegal Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education: “Trump and Musk’s destruction of the Department of Education is a disaster for families and students across the country, from preschool through graduation, in Republican a... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) introduced a bill to enhance law enforcement training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia, New Mexico. The legislation will facilitate a land exchange between FLETC and Caza Ranches, LLC, allowing for the expansion of emergency vehicle training facilities to better prep... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández and 10 of her House colleagues introduced the Home of Your Own Act to create national one-time, $30,000 homeownership grants to help New Mexicans and Americans across the country become first-time homeowners. The bill builds on a successful pilot program in NM-03 administered by Homewise and made possible by $750,000 in Community Project Fund... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... 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 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 ... Read More »
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 (... Read More »
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... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
