Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández voted no on H. Con. Res. 14, the Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025, which would gut critical health care programs, slash education funding, raise costs for working families, and hand massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. The resolution passed by a vote of 217 to 215.
“Budgets reflect our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) hosted a virtual roundtable featuring special guests from the Social Security Administration, the National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Alliance for Retired Americans to discuss how the newly signed Social Security Fairness Act benefits New Mexicans.
At the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for a Continuing Resolution that passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 366-34-1 and will keep the government open until March 14, 2025.
“Today, in time for Christmas, Democrats saved our country from a dangerous government shutdown. We defeated Elon Musk and Donald… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting against a partisan and extreme Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2025 which failed to pass the House tonight by a vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement after House Republicans voted to elect Representative Mike Johnson as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, as she did for the past four rounds of Speakership votes. Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement on Debt Limit.
“The United States pays its bills. Unfortunately, Speaker McCarthy is taking us to the brink of economic disaster by refusing to raise the debt limit - something that was regularly done under House Democratic Leadership and by Republicans under the former President.
If we… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.-03) issued the following statement after President Biden’s State of the Union speech:
"Tonight, President Biden reminded us of just how far we’ve come as a nation and just how much we’ve accomplished together over the last two years. We immediately passed the American Rescue Plan to save the economy from… 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, the Education and Labor Committee passed the bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act to expand American workers’ access to secure retirement. The Congresswoman is a member of the Committee. Read more »
