Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and James Moylan (R-GU) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to compensate individuals exposed to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. Read more »
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Teresa Leger Fernández and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today issued the following statements on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Haaland v. Brackeen, a case that challenged the constitutionality of the bipartisan Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
ICWA has been instrumental in… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement after the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (H.R. 3746) to avert a catastrophic recession.
“For weeks, extreme Republicans chose to hold Americans hostage. They demanded that we slash funding for rural communities, healthcare for veterans and so much more. The extreme cuts would have hurt… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement after the passage of H.Con. Res. 40 “Expressing support for local law enforcement officers …”
“Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, and I voted for H. Con. Res. 40 because I support law enforcement today and every day.
However, this resolution cannot be a substitute… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández led the House of Representatives in a moment of silence to honor the victims of a mass shooting in Farmington, New Mexico on May 15, 2023.
She was joined by fellow Representatives Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02).
Farmington marks the 225th mass shooting in America so far in 2023. Three members of the community were… Read more »
Today, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has issued a license to Holtec International to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility in Lea County, New Mexico.
If constructed, the NRC license authorizes the facility to store up to 8,680 metric tons of commercially spent nuclear fuel for a 40-year term. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement on Debt Limit.
“The United States pays its bills. Unfortunately, Speaker McCarthy is taking us to the brink of economic disaster by refusing to raise the debt limit - something that was regularly done under House Democratic Leadership and by Republicans under the former President.
If we… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández secured The United States Forest Service’s (USFS) commitment to work with her and the GAO to implement the GAO’s recommendations to improve prescribed burn management. Rep. Leger Fernández questioned USFS Chief Randy Moore during today’s Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2024 budget request for the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández, a member of the powerful and influential House Rules Committee, led the floor debate against the rule that made in order H.R. 734, a bill that would attack trans girls by prohibiting them from participating in school sports.
Video of the speech opening is HERE and her closing remarks are HERE. Additional photos are available HERE.
An excerpt… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement on the 1-year anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Fire.
“Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak prescribed burn –a painful reminder of the man-made disaster that ravaged our beautiful communities, forests, acequias, lands, and ancestral intergenerational homes.… Read more »
