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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Dec 4, 2023

We are going to look for those kinds of co-stewardship agreements because we hear over and over again in San Felipe Pueblo there is an inholding completely surrounded by reservation land that needs to be protected.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Dec 4, 2023

I am pleased that the Biden administration has adopted this approach and is moving towards that.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Dec 4, 2023

We need to not be worried about change but say some change needs to be welcomed and brought in.

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Melanie Stansbury
@melaniestansbury· Democratic · NM· Dec 4, 2023

As we all know, our national parks play an essential role in preserving our most treasured landscapes, our cultural landscapes, our historic, natural, and cultural resources.

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Gabe Vasquez
@gabevasquez· Democratic · NM· Dec 1, 2023

Mr. Speaker: (English translation of the statement made in Spanish is as follows:) Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a proud product of the Borderlands. I grew up on both sides of the border, my parents worked for the maquiladoras, and I still…

Congressional Record · 2023-12-01
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 30, 2023

Mr. Speaker, when I helped clients win asylum cases as a young law student, I heard the tragic stories of how they fled their countries, carrying with them fear and pain but little else. It is already very hard to win asylum. You must…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-30
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, let me respond to the comment about not talking about interest rates. The gentleman talked about mortgage rates, and mortgage rates are tied to the Federal Reserve. So, once…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, this is an article titled: ``How Much Have Record Corporate Profits Contributed to Recent Inflation?'' Firms raised markups to 2021 in anticipation of future cost pressures contributing to about 60 percent. Every American…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, noes 205, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 16, as…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, actually the debate around Social Security, similar to the debate about the Consumer Protection Bureau and its regulations, does highlight the policies that the Democrats…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think we need to remember why we faced inflation in the first place. We need to remember that this country and the world faced down a pandemic that threatened to…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), my colleague on the Committee on Rules, for yielding, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, once again, House Republicans are spending a week…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This entire Congress, Republicans have tended to use titles for their bills that are extremely misleading. For example, today's rule includes the so-called Protecting our Communities…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record a letter of support for proposed section 1071, CFPB rule, which highlights the benefits of collecting lending demographic data for small farmers and farmers of color. The…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Nov 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This letter tells us a lot about how Democrats see the issues in rural America, how Democrats see the issues affecting our small businesses, our women-owned businesses, and our…

Congressional Record · 2023-11-29
Deb Haaland
@debhaaland· Democratic · NM· Nov 28, 2023

Tribes deserve a seat at the decision-making table before policies are made that impact their communities.

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