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.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $35 million in federal funding from the U.S.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández (D-NM) responded to the United States Postal Service (USPS) announcement that it has begun the search for a new location within three miles from the previous Post Office. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) to prioritize the replacement of the post office in Chimayo, New Mexico. The Chimayo Post Office was destroyed by a fire on February 14, 2023. Read more »
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) White House Liaison Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Vice Chairs Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led over 150 House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to protect Americans from the criminalization of their pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes, in the wake of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández issued the following statement in response to the House vote on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024). The bill passed the House 357-70. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, alongside Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, wrote a letter to Deanne Criswell, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), expressing deep concern over the delay processing decisions to over 100 claimants affected by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. The letter, emphasizing the urgency of the situation, calls for immediate action to address the backlog of claims and ensure swift justice for the victims. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this month, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the Creative Workforce Investment Act in the House, a transformative, bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at empowering the creative workforce and expanding access to the arts across communities nationwide. The companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) on January 10. Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming nearly $68 million in competitive federal grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program to build major new electric vehicle (EV) charging networks throughout New Mexico. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the Creative Workforce Investment Act in the House, a transformative, bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at empowering the creative workforce and expanding access to the arts across communities nationwide. The companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández and House Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano led a letter of 59 Members of Congress to call on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis R. McDonough to prevent veterans from losing their homes. Read more »
