WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 that included Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández’s (D-NM) amendments to help those impacted by PFAS contamination. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced over $2 million in funding for the Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority and Pueblo of Zia to help alleviate the housing shortage. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s (NM-03) bipartisan Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act (H.R. 2930). Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement on the House passage of the Build Back Better Act: Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), attended the White House signing ceremony of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement in support of President Biden’s decision to block new federal oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Canyon. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and Labor Committee passed the bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act to expand American workers’ access to secure retirement. The Congresswoman is a member of the Committee. Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement on the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the advancement of the Build Back Better Act. The infrastructure bill includes $550 billion in new federal investments in our roads and bridges, water infrastructure, and broadband.
“The passage of the Infrastructure… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Victoria Spartz (IN-05) introduced the bipartisan Financial Fitness Act to create a public personal finance education portal within the Department of Education website to help students and families grow their financial literacy skills and better prepare for their future. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) introduced the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to acknowledge the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy. Read more »