Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández helped pass the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill to fund the government.
The bill includes $23,552,000 in specific Community Project Funding for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. It also includes numerous other provisions she championed, including an additional $1.45 billion for wildfire relief, to uplift New Mexico communities… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, along with Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie Stansbury, announced an additional $1.45 billion to fund the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims Office.
The funding is included as part of the disaster supplemental section in the appropriations bill that will be voted on this week.
In total, this… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) secured $2.5 billion to support New Mexico residents and business owners impacted by this year’s Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fires. The aid for New Mexico was included in the Continuing Resolution to keep… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced that the budget proposal to fund the government through December includes the authorization of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and $2.5 billion to compensate survivors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
The provisions were included in the proposed FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (“CR”),… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández’s bipartisan Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives.
It passed as part of the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023. If signed into law, her bill would authorize full compensation for New Mexico residents and business owners for losses caused by… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service released a report about the Las Dispensas prescribed burn fire.
“This review is incredibly disturbing as it lists multiple errors in the calculations that went into the prescribed burn that eventually upended the lives of thousands of New Mexicans. Forest Service… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández secured full federal cost coverage for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
The EWPP pays for work on private landholdings. This comes after Rep. Leger Fernández made the request directly to President Biden during his visit to New Mexico and sent a letter to USDA Secretary Vilsack reiterating the request. The United… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack urging USDA to pay the full cost for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
She also urged USDA to expedite these funds to affected communities given current flood risks. This program is essential to protecting property and homeowners in the area.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández met with President Biden and requested his commitment to passing the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Assistance Act as well as additional resources for protecting the destroyed watershed.
Congresswoman Leger Fernández introduced this legislation to fully compensate those who suffered personal injury or loss of property,… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández announced that President Joe Biden has approved a request to expand federal assistance eligibility for Colfax, Mora, and San Miguel Counties to address the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire damage.
The State of New Mexico requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately authorize federal funding for Category C-G… Read more »
