Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández secured The United States Forest Service’s (USFS) commitment to work with her and the GAO to implement the GAO’s recommendations to improve prescribed burn management. Rep. Leger Fernández questioned USFS Chief Randy Moore during today’s Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2024 budget request for the… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement on the 1-year anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Fire.
“Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak prescribed burn –a painful reminder of the man-made disaster that ravaged our beautiful communities, forests, acequias, lands, and ancestral intergenerational homes.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández and Senator Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico.
Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie Stansbury are original cosponsors.
For generations, people of the Taos area have hunted, gathered herbs, and… Read more »
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Xochitl Torres Small to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
“New Mexico knows rural – it’s our herencia y cultura – it’s also a major economic engine for many ranchers and farmers. Our hermana Xochitl… Read more »
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) successfully reauthorized the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) for an additional 15 years to continue the conservation of local cultural and historic resources.
Senator Heinrich and Representative Leger Fernández introduced bicameral legislation in April 2021 to… Read more »
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 »
