ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — August 8, 2023 — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Senator Heinrich, and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) delivered a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to prioritize additional investments and forward-looking missions at Cannon Air Force Base (CAFB) in Clovis, N.M. Read more »
WASHINGTON – July 28, 2023 – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Clovis Mayor Mike Morris released the following statement in response to the U.S. Air Force’s announced decision to relocate seven MC-130J aircraft and around 300 to 350 service members, designated as the 6th Special Operations Squadron. The Squadron is scheduled for relocation from Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M. to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ, in the upcoming fiscal years, the exact timeline of which is yet to be determined. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – June 13, 2023 – U.S Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) wrote to the Defense Health Agency to encourage improved medical support at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), located near Clovis, New Mexico and review any barriers that limit medical services hiring or contracting. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publish final regulations for the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03) joined by Congresswomen Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01), and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR-At-Large) introduced the bipartisan Women in Agriculture Act. The Women in Agriculture Act would create a Women Farmers and Ranchers Liaison at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), establish a research priority for agriculture machinery and equipment designed to be used by women, and prioritize funding for childcare facilities in rural areas. The Women in Agriculture Act recognizes that women are essential to farmlands across the country and addresses the lack of equipment designed for women farmers and ranchers and the need for childcare in rural areas. Read more »
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 »
