Native Americans

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured key policy provisions in appropriations legislation to help Tribal communities, expand the clean energy workforce, protect Chaco Canyon, fund rural water programs, protect students from lunch shaming, address access to firearms as a means to prevent suicides, and more.   Read more »

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, Don Young (R-Alaska), Tom Cole (R-Okla.), and Sharice Davids’ (D-Kan.) STOP Act.  Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández secured USDA’s commitment to review its policies around lunch shaming in order to strengthen protections for children during today’s Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee hearing. Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Don Young (R-Alaska), Tom Cole (R-Okla.), and Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the exporting of sacred Native American items and increase penalties for stealing and illegally trafficking Tribal cultural patrimony Read more »

WASHINGTON – On Friday, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández spoke on the House Floor in favor of the American Rescue Plan and highlighted the funding that would address the complex needs of New Mexico’s communities. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced she will serve as Chair of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States for the 117th Congress. Read more »