Press Releases

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández announced that President Joe Biden has approved a request to expand federal assistance eligibility for Colfax, Mora, and San Miguel Counties to address the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire damage.  The State of New Mexico requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately authorize federal funding for Category C-G… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted in favor of the bipartisan  Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. The Congresswoman championed significant water infrastructure investments for New Mexico that have now been included in WRDA.  WRDA 2022 will support the economies of our rural and urban areas alike and keep New Mexico competitive while recognizing… Read more »

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.)  secured the signing of a bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). The Congresswoman led the bipartisan House effort to pass the two-year extension through Congress with bipartisan support last month.  The program was scheduled to sunset in July 2022. For over thirty years, RECA has provided… Read more »

SANTA FE – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández requested that the U.S. Government Accountability (GAO) investigates the process that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) uses to conduct prescribed burns. The Congresswoman requested that GAO provide recommendations to the USFS and Congress to reduce wildfire risk associated with prescribed burns.  Today’s request comes… Read more »

SANTA FE – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service announced that it caused the Calf Canyon Fire.  The Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a USFS prescribed pile burn that occurred in January, 2022 and remained dormant until it reignited in April, 2022.  “The news today that the USFS also started the Calf… Read more »

SANTA FE- Today Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Secretary of Energy (DOE) Jennifer Granholm to discuss the future of local innovation and technology commercialization through the Department of Energy in New Mexico. Roundtable participants included the Secretary, the Governor of Pueblo of Santa Ana, Joseph Sanchez,… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted for legislation to bring down prices at the pump for Nuevo Mexicanos. Read more »

Washington, D.C.- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to pause prescribed operations and conduct a 90-day review of protocols:  Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced today that the House Committee on Education and Labor passed her Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2022 (H.R.6493). Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted to pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (H.R. 7309), which would invest in our nation’s workforce development programs and help fill job openings in New Mexico with our qualified workers. Read more »