Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee added Congresswoman Leger Fernández’s No Payola Act as an amendment to the appropriations bill.  The amendment would block the “payola” scheme that provides a payout to U.S. Senators whose phone records were released pursuant to a court order and warrant during the U.S. Department of Justice’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) secured $8,682,250 in Community Project Funding for New Mexico and delivered key funding victories for the state as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 federal spending minibus covering Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and the Department of Defense. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s Second term, Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement and recap of her actions pushing back on the administration: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Leger Fernández (D-NM) released the below statement following the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent and a growing pattern of abusive enforcement tactics under the Trump Administration: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) reintroduced the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act, legislation that helps colleges and universities prevent alcohol and substance misuse and make sure students have access to recovery support when they need it. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) voted for the Fiscal Year 2026 federal spending minibus (H.R. 6938) which funds community projects in New Mexico and delivers key policy victories for the state.  This legislation secures critical investments in water infrastructure, public safety, cultural preservation, and energy resilience. Further, key parts of… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s (NM-03) bill, H.R. 4284, the Small Cemetery Conveyance Act, was marked up today by the House Natural Resources Committee, advancing legislation that would remove long-standing federal barriers for rural, Tribal, and land-grant communities to care for ancestral cemeteries located on National Forest lands. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández introduced a resolution to celebrate National Lowrider Day on the first Saturday in May. The resolution recognizes lowriders, both the drivers and the cars, and their contributions to the cultural fabric of the United States. Lowrider culture is a vibrant part of the historical and cultural fabric of the United States, with roots… Read more »

SANTA FE, NM — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) introduced H.R. 6206, the Protect Culturally Sensitive Information Act to make sure Native American Tribes, Alaska Native Entities, and Native Hawaiian Organizations can share sacred and culturally important information with the federal government without fear that it will be made public under the Freedom of Information Act… Read more »