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Congresswoman Leger Fernández Votes Against Republican Ripoff That Will Raise Costs and Rip Away Health Care from New Mexicans

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted no on H. Con. Res. 14, the Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025, which would gut critical health care programs, slash education funding, raise costs for working families, and hand massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. The resolution passed by a vote of 217 to 215. “Budgets reflect our…

Leger Fernández, New Mexico Farmers, Advocates Speak Out Against Trump’s Freeze of USDA Funding

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WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE SANTA FE, N.M. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) hosted a press conference with local farmers, ranchers, Tribal representatives, and conservation leaders to denounce the Trump Administration’s funding freeze on critical U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, including the…

Leger Fernández and N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Stop Unlawful Mass Firings of Probationary Federal Employees

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), 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 demanding that President Trump immediately halt his unlawful mass firings of federal employees on probationary status. Nearly all federal employees are routinely in a probationary period for…

Leger Fernández Slams Trump After He Abandons Rural America, Freezes Critical Funding for Farmers and Small Businesses

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SANTA FE, NM– Congresswoman Leger Fernández (D-NM) released a statement slamming President Trump following the news that the Trump administration has turned its back on rural Americans by freezing critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding, including grants within the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative…

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $137 Million in Federal Funding to Support Disaster Recovery in Response to Roswell and Chaves County Flooding and South Fork and Salt Fires

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Washington, D.C. – Today, 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.) welcomed $137,178,000 in federal funding to support disaster recovery needs associated with the destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County as well as the South Fork and Salt Fires in Lincoln and Otero Counties. This federal funding is allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funds.

Leger Fernandez Secures New Funding for Hermit’s Peak Fire Victims and NM Water Infrastructure in Budget Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for a Continuing Resolution that passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 366-34-1 and will keep the government open until March 14, 2025. “Today, in time for Christmas, Democrats saved our country from a dangerous government shutdown. We defeated Elon Musk and Donald…

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