WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led several of her House colleagues in calling on Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to invest in homeownership vouchers in the Build Back Better plan. Read more »
WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, Reps. Leger Fernández and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed the budget resolution, the first step to move forward with the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Plan. Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), introduced the bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured over $74 million for NM-03 through community project funding requests in appropriations legislation. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured key policy provisions in appropriations legislation to help Tribal communities, expand the clean energy workforce, protect Chaco Canyon, fund rural water programs, protect students from lunch shaming, address access to firearms as a means to prevent suicides, and more. Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed the INVEST in America Act, in which Congresswoman Leger Fernández secured nearly $20 million in federal resources for transportation and infrastructure projects in Santa Fe, San Juan, Roosevelt, Taos, Rio Arriba, and McKinley Counties. Read more »
Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after President Biden announced the nomination of former New Mexico Representative Xochitl Torres Small for Under Secretary of Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
“I’m thrilled that President Biden nominated former Representative Xochitl Torres Small to serve as the Under… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández announced today that the IRS will continue to provide tax credits to help local small businesses cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for workers through September. Read more »