Teresa Leger Fernandez

Fernandez has spent time focused on a few core fights. Each is tied to bills actually introduced or votes actually cast.

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  Supports resolving tribal and regional water rightsLeger Fernández has sponsored multiple bills establishing or amending water rights settlements for tribal nations and rural communities in New Mexico. These include the Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act (HR.1322), the Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act (HR.1323), the Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act (HR.1324), the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act (HR.1482), and technical corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (HR.4598).
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  Supports conservation and public lands protectionsLeger Fernández has sponsored legislation addressing watershed protection, habitat restoration, wildfire recovery, and wilderness designation in New Mexico. She sponsored the Pecos Watershed Protection Act (HR.2727), the Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act (HR.4892), the Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act (HR.5963), and the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act (HR.2944), reflecting sustained engagement with land and natural resource policy in her district.
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  Supports expanded healthcare access for tribal communitiesLeger Fernández sponsored the Telehealth Access for Tribal Communities Act (HR.2639), which would expand telehealth services available to tribal nations. The bill has been reintroduced and attracted eight cosponsors. She has also sponsored the Nutrition Administration Assistance Act (HR.6966) and the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act (HR.7019), extending her health-related legislative activity to nutrition programs and campus health services.
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  Supports radiation exposure compensation for affected populationsLeger Fernández sponsored the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023 (HR.4426), which attracted between 50 and 99 cosponsors — the broadest cosponsorship of any bill in her citable legislative record. The legislation would amend the existing Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, a program relevant to communities near nuclear testing and uranium mining sites, areas present within New Mexico's 3rd congressional district.
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  Supports recognition of Latina wage disparities and cultural heritageLeger Fernández sponsored HCONRES.56, a concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and wage disparities affecting Latina workers, which attracted 33 cosponsors. She has also sponsored the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act (HR.2861), the New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation Act (HR.2785), and the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (HR.5914), reflecting attention to wage equity and the preservation of cultural and historical sites.