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New Mexico Delegation Welcomes $10 Million to Invest in Early Childhood Education and Care

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján are announcing $10 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve early childhood education and care in New Mexico. The grant is funded through the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program, which empowers state governments to better leverage existing federal, state and local early care and education investments.

New Mexico Congressional Delegation Marks Second Anniversary of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Highlights How the Landmark Legislation is Delivering for New Mexico

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  —  On the two-year anniversary of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández , Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich  and Ben Ray Luján are highlighting how the landmark legislation has delivered billions of dollars in historic infrastructure investments to New Mexico.   

Leger Fernndez Statement on the House Continuing Resolution

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Representative Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement on the House passage of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government. "For weeks, extreme Republicans threatened a government shutdown if they didn’t get devastating cuts to programs Americans rely on or if they didn’t get culture war provisions Americans don’t want or…

Leger Fernndez Statement on Israel Supplemental Funding Bill

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WASHINGTON —  U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández voted “no” on H.R. 6126 – the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. House Republicans tied security assistance to Israel with cutting IRS tax enforcement funding by $14.3 billion. In total, the Congressional Budget Office found that the bill would actually increase the debt by $12.5 billion.

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