Press Releases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.)  and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,792,276 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve airports across New Mexico.   Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), David Trone (MD-06), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Lucy McBath (GA-07) introduced the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act to help higher education institutions implement programs to prevent alcohol and substance misuse on campus and support those with substance use disorders. If passed, the bill would fund college prevention and recovery services at $75 million over five years. Read more »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and  welcomed $1 million in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the City of Ratón. This funding was made possible through the Infrastructure Law, which was passed by Democrats in the N.M. Congressional Delegation.  Read more »

Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Committee heard Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s five pivotal water rights settlement bills for 11 tribes in New Mexico. If passed, the bills could deliver a combined $3.6 billion in water infrastructure investments—one of the largest investments in water infrastructure in New Mexico history. "Yesterday, we considered… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following this morning. “I will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress today,” said Congresswoman Leger Fernández.  Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced the release of a comprehensive report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) following an investigation into the U.S. Forest Service’s prescribed burn protocols. This investigation, which the Congresswoman secured in June 2022, comes two years in the wake of the devastating Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico, the largest and most destructive in the state's history. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 3, 2024 – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján announced nearly $39 million in federal funding for transportation infrastructure upgrades across New Mexico. The investment will help fund projects to improve roads, create sidewalks, modernize the I-40 corridor, and upgrade aging bus fleets. The funding was made possible by the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program that was established by the Infrastructure Law.   Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following in response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Trump v. United States.  Read more »

RUIDOSO, N.M. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following joint statement, announcing that President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Tribe in New Mexico in the wake of severe fires burning in Lincoln County, Otero County, and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 18, 2024 – Co-Chairs Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of legislators who have close ties to the Head Start program launched the Head Start to Congress Caucus last Thursday. Read more »