Skip to Content

Press Releases

New Mexico Delegation Stands with Pueblo Governors to Demand Congress and the Trump Administration Protect Chaco Canyon

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

N.M. Delegation Calls for Completion of Tribal Water Settlements

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $21 Million to Improve New Mexico’s Airports

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Chair Leger Fernandez and Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands Justice for Survivors of Epstein Following Heart-Wrenching Meeting

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Leger Fernández, 27 House Democrats Demand Oversight of $50 Billion Fund for Rural Health Amid Deep Medicaid Cuts

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Health

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…

Leger Fernández, Heinrich Invite HHS Senior Official to Visit Gallup Indian Medical Center to Witness How a New Trump Administration Policy is Causing Delays and Reductions in Patient Care

| Posted in Press Releases

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.)…

Leger Fernández Demands Quick and Easy RECA Compensation for Downwinders and Uranium Miners

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

N.M. Delegation to Host Virtual Military Service Academy Nominations Event on September 4

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Leger Fernández, Bonamici, Hayes Lead Letter to Protect Immigrant Access to Head Start

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Leger Fernández, Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands ICE Address Dangerous Impersonators that Assault Women; Demands Clear Identification To Protect Women

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Back to top