SANTA FE – In response to the Pentagon’s announcement that US forces have left Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that left nearly 2,500 Americans dead and nearly 50,000 Afghan civilians dead, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement: Read more »
WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, Reps. Leger Fernández and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act. Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, to restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congresswoman Leger Fernández, an original co-sponsor of the bill and a member of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections released the following statement:
“As a member of the Subcommittee on Elections, I spent… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed the budget resolution, the first step to move forward with the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Plan. Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), introduced the bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), introduced the bipartisan Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act to expand the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's) 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured over $74 million for NM-03 through community project funding requests in appropriations legislation. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to protect communities from PFAS contamination that included Rep. Leger Fernández’s amendment on water used for agricultural purposes. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to protect communities from PFAS contamination that included Rep. Leger Fernández’s amendment on water used for agricultural purposes. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured key policy provisions in appropriations legislation to help Tribal communities, expand the clean energy workforce, protect Chaco Canyon, fund rural water programs, protect students from lunch shaming, address access to firearms as a means to prevent suicides, and more. Read more »