Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) released the following statement calling out Republicans’ anti-women agenda, demonstrated by the bills and nominee they raised this week: Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and announced $120 million for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project using funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), welcomed $231 million in federal funding for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Village of Questa, N.M. Green Hydrogen Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Empowering Rural America Program (ERA).  This… Read more »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and called on U.S.  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to protect the Caja del Rio. “We write to urge you to protect the Caja del Rio plateau by recommending designation of… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, 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.) welcomed $137,178,000 in federal funding to support disaster recovery needs associated with the destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County as well as the South Fork and Salt Fires in Lincoln and Otero Counties. This federal funding is allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funds. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released a statement following the certification of the Electoral College presidential tally today: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández was sworn into the 119th Congress to begin her 3rd term serving the people of New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional district. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for a Continuing Resolution that passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 366-34-1 and will keep the government open until March 14, 2025. “Today, in time for Christmas, Democrats saved our country from a dangerous government shutdown. We defeated Elon Musk and Donald… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, alongside U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and Representatives Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez, sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the designation of the Caja del Rio Plateau as a national monument under the Antiquities Act. This request highlights the urgent need to protect one of New Mexico’s most ecologically, historically, and culturally significant landscapes. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 10515, which failed to pass the House tonight by a vote of 174-235-1. Read more »