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.) welcomed the expansion of the FEMA Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office in Mora, N.M. This announcement comes after a January letter from the Delegation calling on FEMA to expedite the claims process for those impacted by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and immediately address the backlog of claims. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 6, 2024 – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement on the 2-year anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Fire. Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced Phil Harrison as her guest to President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
Rep. Leger Fernández reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), also known as the bipartisan RECA Amendments Act of 2023, in the House. The… Read more »
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) White House Liaison Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Vice Chairs Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led over 150 House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to protect Americans from the criminalization of their pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes, in the wake of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján are announcing $10 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve early childhood education and care in New Mexico. The grant is funded through the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program, which empowers state governments to better leverage existing federal, state and local early care and education investments. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the two-year anniversary of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández , Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján are highlighting how the landmark legislation has delivered billions of dollars in historic infrastructure investments to New Mexico. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore urging him to honor his commitment to use infrared drones for all prescribed burns in New Mexico. Rep. Leger Fernández previously secured a commitment from Chief Moore to use infrared drones during prescribed fires after a holdover pile burn unknowingly smoldered for months and helped start the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. Infrared drones allow the Forest Service to safely and effectively monitor prescribed fires and verify that the fire is completely out. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Representative Teresa Leger Fernández introduced the Pecos Watershed Protection Act, legislation to protect portions of the Pecos Watershed in northern New Mexico from all mineral development. U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the companion legislation in the House of Representatives and Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) is an original cosponsor of the legislation. Read more »
WASHINGTON – October 5, 2023 - U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Cerro Pelado Fire Assistance Act to provide financial compensation to help New Mexicans affected by the Cerro Pelado Fire caused by the U.S. Forest Service. The bill would require FEMA to establish a Cerro Pelado Fire Claims Office to compensate those who suffered personal injury, property losses, business and financial losses resulting from the Cerro Pelado Fire. Read more »
WASHINGTON — Representative Teresa Leger Fernández and Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded President Biden’s signing of their legislation to rename the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic. The name will honor the late Medal of Honor recipient and World War II and Korean War veteran Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura. Read more »
