SANTA FE, N.M. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed $1,345,637 for the Santa Fe Housing Trust to provide more pathways to first-time home ownership to 2,050 New Mexicans living with HIV/AIDS. This grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban… 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 »
WASHINGTON — 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 $2,792,276 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve airports across New Mexico. Read more »
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and welcomed $1 million in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the City of Ratón. This funding was made possible through the Infrastructure Law, which was passed by Democrats in the N.M. Congressional Delegation. Read more »
Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Committee heard Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s five pivotal water rights settlement bills for 11 tribes in New Mexico. If passed, the bills could deliver a combined $3.6 billion in water infrastructure investments—one of the largest investments in water infrastructure in New Mexico history.
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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 »
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 »
