Skip to Content

Gender Equity

Leger Fernndez, Cortez Masto, and Barragn Introduce Resolution to Recognize Latina Equal Pay Day

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)  introduced the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to recognize the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy.  Video of Latina women in the…

Rep. Leger Fernndez Statement on Supreme Courts Decision to Reverse 50 Years of Abortion Rights and Overturn Roe v. Wade

| Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued this statement after the Supreme Court majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade: “Today, the Supreme Court voted to strip away women’s liberties, end 50 years of abortion rights, and overturn Roe v. Wade. This is a historic and unprecedented dark moment in our history – it marks the first time a Supreme Court took away a…

Back to top