WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández sent a letter to VA Secretary McDonough regarding her opposition to the recommended closing of the Gallup, Las Vegas, Raton, and Española community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) in her district. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted to fund over $74 million in Community Project Funding for the third congressional district of New Mexico. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced she secured key wins in the (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill for New Mexico, especially for rural parts of her district. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández joined the Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern in calling on President Biden to Convene a National White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Representatives Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large), David Trone (MD-06), Michael Guest (MS-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), John Joyce (PA-13), and Lucy McBath (GA-06), introduced the bipartisan Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act to help higher education institutions implement programs to prevent alcohol and substance misuse on campus and support those with substance use disorders. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced today that the House Judiciary Committee passed her Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments of 2021 (H.R. 5338). Read more »
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 that included Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández’s (D-NM) amendments to help those impacted by PFAS contamination. Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement on the House passage of the Build Back Better Act: Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement on the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the advancement of the Build Back Better Act. The infrastructure bill includes $550 billion in new federal investments in our roads and bridges, water infrastructure, and broadband.
“The passage of the Infrastructure… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act to protect the right to access abortion care throughout the United States, no matter what state they live in. Read more »