Press Releases

ROSWELL, NM – Following historic flooding in Chaves County over the weekend, Congresswoman Leger Fernández visited Roswell today, toured affected areas, and released the following statement. Read more »

ALBUQUERQUE NM – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a press conference to discuss the growing homeownership and housing affordability crisis. They were joined by Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and Homewise CEO Mike Loftin. Congresswoman Leger Fernández discussed her recently introduced bill, the Home of Your Own Act, which would create national one-time, $30,000 homeownership grants for down payment assistance, closing costs, and repairs at move-in to help New Mexicans and families across the country become first-time homeowners. A pilot program funded by $750,000 in Community Project Funds secured by the Congresswoman has already helped multiple New Mexico families achieve the dream of purchasing their first home. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)  announced the introduction of the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to recognize the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy.  Read more »

Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, which passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 341-82.  “For weeks, extreme Republicans and Trump threatened a government shutdown unless a Continuing Resolution (CR) necessary to keep the government open… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined RECA advocates for a press conference calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote on a Senate-passed bill that would strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). It has been over… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlement for the Navajo Nation as well as participating non-Tribal parties in the Rio San José watershed. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.)… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting against a partisan and extreme Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2025 which failed to pass the House tonight by a vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays. Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández announced that the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, will receive $98 million from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office to overhaul its water treatment facilities and systems. The Congresswoman and New Mexico Congressional Delegation secured $140 million for this effort as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill signed into law on December 29, 2022. This significant investment is part of the ongoing recovery efforts in the aftermath of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, which devastated northern New Mexico in 2022. Read more »

U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and  Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are welcoming the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) selection of the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to receive federal funding to help rural electric cooperatives… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 7, 2024 – 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 $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to support disaster-relief jobs and training services in communities affected by the South Fork and Salt Fires.  Read more »