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 »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted to fund over $74 million in Community Project Funding for the third congressional district of New Mexico. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Leger Fernández announced she secured key wins in the (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill for New Mexico, especially for rural parts of her district. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández’s bill, H.R. 5493, Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4521, the Americas COMPETES Act of 2022 that included four of Rep. Leger Fernández’s (NM-03) amendments. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Representative Blumenauer (D-OR), the Co-Chair of the Historic Preservation Caucus, introduced the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act Read more »
