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N.M. Delegation Reintroduce Slate of Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are reintroducing a slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills they are pushing to pass in this Congress. The full slate of Tribal water rights settlements legislation includes: The…

Leger Fernández Slams Trump After He Abandons Rural America, Freezes Critical Funding for Farmers and Small Businesses

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SANTA FE, NM– Congresswoman Leger Fernández (D-NM) released a statement slamming President Trump following the news that the Trump administration has turned its back on rural Americans by freezing critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding, including grants within the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative…

Congresswoman Leger Fernández Announces Key Roles and Appointments for the 119th Congress

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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) was appointed to multiple powerful committees and leadership roles in the 119th Congress, reflecting her continued commitment to serve New Mexico and the nation with distinction. Congresswoman Leger Fernández will serve as a Member of the influential House Natural Resources Committee, where she will serve as Ranking Member of…

Leger Fernández, Heinrich, Luján Announce $120 Million for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project

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WASHINGTON – Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and announced $120 million for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project using funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.

Members of N.M. Congressional Delegation Welcome $231 Million for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative's Green Hydrogen Project

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), welcomed $231 million in federal funding for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Village of Questa, N.M. Green Hydrogen Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Empowering Rural America Program (ERA).  This…

Leger Fernández, Heinrich, Luján, Call on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Protect Caja del Rio, Push for National Monument Designation

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and called on U.S.  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to protect the Caja del Rio. “We write to urge you to protect the Caja del Rio plateau by recommending designation of…

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Over $137 Million in Federal Funding to Support Disaster Recovery in Response to Roswell and Chaves County Flooding and South Fork and Salt Fires

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Washington, D.C. – Today, 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.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed $137,178,000 in federal funding to support disaster recovery needs associated with the destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County as well as the South Fork and Salt Fires in Lincoln and Otero Counties. This federal funding is allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funds.

Leger Fernandez Secures New Funding for Hermit’s Peak Fire Victims and NM Water Infrastructure in Budget Bill

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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…

N.M. Congressional Delegation Calls on President Biden to Grant State's Major Disaster Declaration Request in Response to Floods in Roswell and Chaves County

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ROSWELL, N.M. – After record rainfall and destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County, N.M. over the weekend of Oct. 19, 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.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster…

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