WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced two awards totaling over $2 million to Santo Domingo Pueblo to improve wastewater infrastructure and waste management. The funding includes a $1.5 million grant that Heinrich and Luján secured through Fiscal Year (FY22) 2022 Appropriations process, as well as an Environmental Justice Government to Government Award for $539,452 funded through the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Gallup, N.M. – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández honored Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura at the renaming ceremony for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gallup, New Mexico for the late Staff Sergeant Hiroshi “Hershey”… 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 Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), are announcing $60 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to help Doña Ana and Sierra County residents and farmers with drought… 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 Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), are welcoming $11,855,081 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Capital Fund Program to support 21 public housing authorities across New Mexico.… Read more »
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The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) hosted a Mother’s Day press conference recognizing moms across the country and calling for action on the policies that will help them thrive. The press conference included remarks from Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, DWC Vice… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act to provide greater cooperation between the federal government and land grant communities. There are 27 community land grant-mercedes that are recognized as political subdivisions under New Mexico law. Read more »
May 3, 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 $2,858,376 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to expand access to apprenticeship opportunities, prepare more New Mexicans for quality jobs, and strengthen the… Read more »
Today, Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico will receive $28,650,000 made possible by the delegation's work to pass the landmark Infrastructure Law. Funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the investment will help New… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández signed on to a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately act to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA). This legislation would reauthorize and strengthen the RECA program which was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support in March. This legislation is critical for… Read more »
SANTA FE, NM – April 26, 2024 – Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement after the derailment of a freight train about 13 miles west of Gallup and south of Interstate 40 today. Read more »
