Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz demanding answers about the agency’s decision-making and response to the devastating Laguna Fire that continues to burn across Rio Arriba County. Read more »

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), alongside Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), introduced the Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act, a bipartisan bill to improve and expand trauma-informed care for survivors of sexual assault through strengthened partnerships between community-based sexual assault programs and health and wellness providers. Read more »

WASHINGTON — As wildfires rage, floods surge, and power grids strain under record-breaking heat, U.S. Representatives Leger Fernández (NM-03), Casten (IL-06), Castor (FL-11), and Ross (NC-02) introduced the Weather-Safe Energy Act of 2025. This landmark bill will equip utilities with the cutting-edge weather data, modeling, and support they need to withstand the growing threat of extreme weather. The bill addresses a critical need at a time when the nation’s energy infrastructure faces unprecedented threats from increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events, including hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, and droughts. Utilities and grid operators currently lack the sophisticated weather data and modeling tools necessary to prepare for these cascading risks. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, July 17, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), released its Better Future policy agenda, focused on economic security, affordable and equitable health care, and the safety of all women and girls. Read more »

RUIDOSO, N.M. — As families mourn the loss of the three lives taken in severe flash flooding, and as many New Mexicans are being forced to evacuate their homes and businesses, 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.) are calling on President Donald Trump to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. Read more »

This afternoon, every single House Democrat, including Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and 2 Republicans voted NO on the legislation, which passed by a vote of 218 to 214 in the House. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led a group of congressional Democrats in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick addressing the Trump Administration’s recently announced Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Restructuring Policy Notice. Read more »

SANTA FE, NM – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s unilateral military action in Iran today: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, after nearly 30 hours of continuous debate and resistance, House Republicans passed their “Bad Billionaire’s Budget”—a sweeping, multi-trillion-dollar proposal that rips health care and food assistance from millions of Americans in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires and mega-corporations. Every single House Democrat, including Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), voted NO on the legislation. Read more »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M-03), David G. Valadao (R-CA-22) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) introduced the Support Water-Efficient Strategies and Technologies Act (WEST) Act (H.R. 3293) to support agriculture practices more commonly used in Western arid climates. This bipartisan bill would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary to increase cost shares to 85 percent for Environmental Quality Incentives Programs (EQIP) practices that support water-conserving and drought-resilient programs. It would also make perennial production systems eligible for supplemental payments within the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Further, it would strengthen the USDA soil health program by allowing the Secretary to conduct outreach on the program and offer payments for soil health testing. Read more »