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 »
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… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting against the Fix Our Forests Act, which passed the House tonight by a vote of 268-151. Read more »
Congresswoman Leger Fernández released the following statement after voting for H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, which passed the House tonight by a widely bipartisan vote of 341-82.
“For weeks, extreme Republicans and Trump threatened a government shutdown unless a Continuing Resolution (CR) necessary to keep the government open… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlement for the Navajo Nation as well as participating non-Tribal parties in the Rio San José watershed. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.)… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández announced that the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, will receive $98 million from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office to overhaul its water treatment facilities and systems. The Congresswoman and New Mexico Congressional Delegation secured $140 million for this effort as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill signed into law on December 29, 2022. This significant investment is part of the ongoing recovery efforts in the aftermath of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, which devastated northern New Mexico in 2022. Read more »
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and welcomed $1 million in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the City of Ratón. This funding was made possible through the Infrastructure Law, which was passed by Democrats in the N.M. Congressional Delegation. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) announced the release of a comprehensive report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) following an investigation into the U.S. Forest Service’s prescribed burn protocols. This investigation, which the Congresswoman secured in June 2022, comes two years in the wake of the devastating Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico, the largest and most destructive in the state's history. Read more »
U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to approve the water rights settlement of Ohkay Owingeh and participating non-Tribal parties for water in the Rio Chama Basin. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are original cosponsors.
The Ohkay Owingeh… Read more »
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.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), are announcing $60 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to help Doña Ana and Sierra County residents and farmers with drought… Read more »
