Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández helped pass the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill to fund the government.
The bill includes $23,552,000 in specific Community Project Funding for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. It also includes numerous other provisions she championed, including an additional $1.45 billion for wildfire relief, to uplift New Mexico communities… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior has made $560 million available in funding to clean up orphaned wells and create jobs for New Mexico and other states. This is the first allocation of an overall $1.15 billion in phase one funding to plug and remediate orphaned wells from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The infrastructure… Read more »
Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted for historic, bipartisan legislation to strengthen New Mexico families’ financial future, boost America’s research advantage, and safeguard our economic and national security for generations to come.
The CHIPS and Science Act will deliver investments in America’s global competitiveness. It will create jobs, reduce… Read more »
Today, Rep. Leger Fernández voted to pass H.R. 8294, a package of six government funding bills to help families and communities in New Mexico.
The investments in the bill will lower the cost of living, create good-paying American jobs, lift up working families, and support small businesses.
“Our communities continue to fight inflation and rising costs of living. This is why… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) introduced the bipartisan Tribal Energy Investment Act of 2022 to allow the Department of Energy (DOE) to make direct loans to Indian tribes and tribal energy development organizations for energy development projects.
She is sponsoring this legislation with Reps. Cole (R-OK), O’Halleran (D-AZ), and Davids (D-KS).
“Our… Read more »
SANTA FE- Today Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Secretary of Energy (DOE) Jennifer Granholm to discuss the future of local innovation and technology commercialization through the Department of Energy in New Mexico.
Roundtable participants included the Secretary, the Governor of Pueblo of Santa Ana, Joseph Sanchez,… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded the House passage of a two-year extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández and Congressman Burgess Owens led a bipartisan letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Minority Whip Scalise. Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s bill, H.R. 6589, the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act. The U.S. National Park Service announced its support for the legislation with amendments. Additionally, Mr. Reno Keoni Franklin, Chairman of the Kashia Pomo Tribe and Tribal Historic… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $536,200 grant to the Pueblo of Jemez for a feasibility study for the tribe’s energy independence. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program. The Congresswoman helped pass the legislation that… Read more »
