WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement on Republicans’ government funding bill, which Republicans voted to pass off the House floor today.
“Republicans’ disastrous funding bill is yet another attack on women and families. Our communities know that Musk is already destroying federal programs, cutting women’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced that Arielle Pines, a dedicated former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee and military spouse, will be her guest at President Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress during his second term.
Pines dedicated her life to serving those who served our nation until Elon Musk's DOGE and Donald Trump took her… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) joined health care experts and New Mexicans who rely on Medicaid to expose the devastating consequences of the proposed $880 billion in Republican cuts to Medicaid. The cuts would threaten rural health clinics, strip coverage from families, and endanger life-saving care for children and vulnerable patients. Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are reintroducing a slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills they are pushing to pass in this Congress.
The full slate of Tribal water rights settlements legislation includes:
The… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding immediate action to contain the recent outbreak of measles in New Mexico. Measles, once declared eliminated in… Read more »
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… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement ahead of the Finance Committee’s vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to serve as the Health and Human Services Secretary, expected Tuesday. This vote follows RFK’s confirmation hearings in the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversees reproductive health care, vaccine recommendations, food inspections, hospital oversight, and funding for community health clinics—services women and families rely on. Read more »
WASHINGTON — Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $17,137,326 — a 5.3% increase from last year — from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care program to support New Mexico projects that… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging the agency to prioritize tribal input and address key concerns in the implementation of the Child Nutrition Programs Tribal Pilot Projects. This initiative, led in the House by Leger Fernández and included in her Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2023 (H.R. 1589), was incorporated into the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. The same bill was led in the Senate by Senator Henrich (NM). Read more »
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… Read more »
