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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a hearing on the bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act, legislation led by Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) alongside Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) to strengthen… Read more »
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández secured a major legislative hearing in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands for her bill to strengthen the relationships between New Mexico land grant-mercedes and the federal government and protect their ability to practice centuries-old traditional uses on federal land.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives rejected the Republican, partisan version of H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act in a bipartisan vote of 216-204. The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and House Democrats called for the bill to be returned to the original bipartisan version. Earlier this week, the DWC announced formal opposition to the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Kat Cammack (FL-03) along with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced a bipartisan partnership between the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Republican Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress. The two Caucuses will work together to identify… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) today called for immediate action to remove President Trump following his threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as war escalates in Iran.
"A President who threatens to commit war crimes and kill millions of civilians, profits off the destruction he unleashes, and illegally destroys the freedoms Americans… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, March 18, 2026, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), released the following statement on the horrifying sexual abuse allegations raised against farmworker and civil rights movement leader Cesar Chavez:
“The farmworker and civil rights movement was built by countless people — especially women and families who sacrificed everything for a… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement after the House voted against the Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res. 38), which would have reasserted Congress’ constitutional authority to decide whether the United States should go to war. The Congresswoman voted for the resolution.
“Republicans always find the money for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) along with Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), along with Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA) introduced H.R. 7490, the Tribal Warrant Fairness Act, to grant the United States Marshal Service (USMS) the authority to both execute arrest warrants on behalf of Tribal law enforcement and assist in searching for… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) today joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, advocates, and the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre to introduce “Virginia’s Law,” landmark legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations to allow adult victims of sexual abuse and trafficking to file civil claims against their abusers.
Named in honor of survivor and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee added Congresswoman Leger Fernández’s No Payola Act as an amendment to the appropriations bill.
The amendment would block the “payola” scheme that provides a payout to U.S. Senators whose phone records were released pursuant to a court order and warrant during the U.S. Department of Justice’s… Read more »
