Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, along with Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie Stansbury, announced an additional $1.45 billion to fund the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims Office.
The funding is included as part of the disaster supplemental section in the appropriations bill that will be voted on this week.
In total, this… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 in the House of Representatives. The NDAA includes provisions requested by the Congresswoman to improve water infrastructure and support acequias in New Mexico. The legislation will bolster the United States’ national security as it invests in service members… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44) introduced the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to recognize the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy.
Video of Latina women in the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted to protect everyone’s right to marry who they love and send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk.
This landmark legislation defends marriage equality, upholds couples’ rights to equal protection under federal law, and requires states to recognize valid out-of-state… Read more »
Representative Teresa Leger Fernández and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich introduced two bills to approve the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma, Jemez, Laguna, and Zia, as well as participating non-Tribal parties.
Both pieces of legislation introduced in the House and Senate would implement two fund-based water settlements: one between the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia, the United… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement after passage of her Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony or STOP Act, which now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law:
“This week has been historic for Tribal Nations – from New Mexico to Alaska to Hawaii – as the Senate passed my bill, H.R. 2930, the Safeguard Tribal… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández introduced a bill that amends the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project’s authorization to ensure it has the resources it needs to reach completion and to lower costs for the communities it serves.
Senator Ben Ray Luján introduced the legislation in the Senate.
The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was first authorized as… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández introduced the Tribal Connect Act of 2022 to make it easier for Tribes to secure high-speed internet access at Tribally-owned public institutions through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) Schools and Libraries Program, or E-rate program.
Senators Heinrich, Hoeven, and Luján introduced the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) secured $2.5 billion to support New Mexico residents and business owners impacted by this year’s Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fires. The aid for New Mexico was included in the Continuing Resolution to keep… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced that the budget proposal to fund the government through December includes the authorization of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and $2.5 billion to compensate survivors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
The provisions were included in the proposed FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (“CR”),… Read more »
