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 $11,855,081 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Capital Fund Program to support 21 public housing authorities across New Mexico.… Read more »
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The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) hosted a Mother’s Day press conference recognizing moms across the country and calling for action on the policies that will help them thrive. The press conference included remarks from Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, DWC Vice… Read more »
Today, Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico will receive $28,650,000 made possible by the delegation's work to pass the landmark Infrastructure Law. Funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the investment will help New… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has named Col. Jay Mitchell as the Director of Operations, leading the day-to-day operations for both the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office (Claims Office) and Stafford Act wildfire disaster recovery operations based in Santa Fe. Mitchell is expected to begin in May and will be supported in his transition by leadership at FEMA. 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.) 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 »