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Leger Fernández, Luján Demand Accountability at Meeting with New Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Leadership

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Santa Fe, N.M. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)  issued the following statement after meeting with FEMA and Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office leadership: “As the sponsors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, we fought to establish the Claims Office and secure $5.45 billion to help New Mexicans…

Leger Fernández, Luján, Heinrich Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed

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NEW MEXICO – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources,  U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wrote to Carson National Forest…

Congresswoman Leger Fernández and N.M. Delegation Respond to Trump Administration’s New Actions to Undo Protections for the Greater Chaco Region

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez alongside (D-N.M.)U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) released the following statements regarding the Trump administration’s new actions to eliminate protections for the Greater Chaco Region…

Leger Fernández, Luján, Heinrich Demand FEMA Fix Hermit’s Peak Claims Failures, Pay Survivors Now

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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich demanded in a letter that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Hermit’s Peak Claims Office immediately correct serious failures in the administration of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claims program and deliver long-overdue compensation to New Mexico…

Leger Fernández, N.M. Delegation Demand Trump Administration Omit New Mexico from Roadless Rule Rescission

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins demanding that the Trump Administration…

New Mexico Delegation Stands with Pueblo Governors to Demand Congress and the Trump Administration Protect Chaco Canyon

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WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and Senator Martin Heinrich (NM) joined Pueblo leaders to demand the Trump Administration maintain a ban on oil and gas development on federal lands surrounding Chaco Canyon sponsored in the Senate by Senator Luján (NM) and in the House by…

N.M. Delegation Calls for Completion of Tribal Water Settlements

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Leader John Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson, and additional chairs and ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for the completion of current outstanding water settlements and related technical…

Leger Fernández, Luján, Cornyn, Heinrich Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Development of Seedling Nurseries, Reforestation and Habitat Restoration Programs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández, alongside U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.),  introduced the Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that allows funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the development of seedling nurseries at state forestry agencies,…

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