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 »
U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlement of Ohkay Owingeh and participating non-Tribal parties for water in the Rio Chama Basin. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are original cosponsors.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández and 9 of her House colleagues introduced the Home of Your Own Act to create national one-time, $30,000 homeownership grants to help New Mexicans and Americans across the country become first-time homeowners. Read more »
June 11, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are welcoming preliminary terms between the U.S. Department of Commerce and SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based manufacturing company, for the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide up to $23.9 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act, which is projected to create over 100 direct manufacturing jobs in Albuquerque. Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández reintroduced the Financial Fitness Act to create a public personal finance education portal on the Department of Education website to help students and families grow their financial literacy skills and better prepare for their future.
“Students and families face substantial and difficult financial decisions when they choose to pursue higher… Read more »
SANTA FE, N.M. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement after a jury found former President Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Read more »
