Teresa Leger Fernandez
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Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Leger Fernandez has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Leger Fernandez is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Leger Fernandez votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Leger Fernandez votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Leger Fernandez votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Leger Fernandez votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Leger Fernandez votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 22, and did not vote on 2.
Leger Fernandez votes differently from most House Democrats on 1 of 57 Yes and No votes: No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Leger Fernandez did not vote on the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers and the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 5 laws and 3 executive orders.
From the official record
Statements from the official record: Not checked yet. A statement appears here after a person reviews our account of the law or order it is about.
From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
9 excerpts
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Leger Fernández, Scott, Grijalva, Dean Introduce Bill to Lower Cost of Community College
“The bill would make community college and two-year Tribal Colleges and Universities more accessible by waiving tuition fees for eligible students.”
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Leger Fernández, Scott, Grijalva, Dean Introduce Bill to Lower Cost of Community College
“The bill would make community college and two-year Tribal Colleges and Universities more accessible by waiving tuition fees for eligible students.”
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Congresswoman Leger Fernández Secures Major Wins for NM in Funding Bill, Votes Against ICE Funding
“Learn more about H.R. 7148 HERE.”
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“When Republicans in the Senate proposed selling over 3 million acres across the West to pay for tax cuts to billionaires, public pressure and the New Mexico Congressional Delegation’s work forced them to take the plan out of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Congresswoman Leger Fernández Secures Major Wins for NM in Funding Bill
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) voted for the Fiscal Year 2026 federal spending minibus (H.R. 6938) which funds community projects in New Mexico and delivers key policy victories for the state.”
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“While the administration promotes the program’s $50 billion rural health fund as a fix to the harmful cuts implemented under HR1, it falls short in addressing the harm caused by the same law’s $1 trillion in health care cuts, including deep, permanent Medicaid reductions and could fail rural communities if it’s not fairly distributed.”
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“Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led a bicameral coalition of 52 Members of Congress in a letter to President Trump urging him to reinstate Biden-era Executive Order 14112, titled “Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations to Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination.”
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Leger Fernández Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Public Safety in Indian Country
“She also cosponsored the Native American Voting Rights Act to ensure tribes have access to the ballot and the Native American Child Protection Act to help victims of child abuse.”
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“This initiative, led in the House by Leger Fernández and included in her Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2023 (H.R. 1589), was incorporated into the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. The same bill was led in the Senate by Senator Henrich (NM).”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 14 spending items this member requested, $12,495,750 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Sandoval County | Public Law 119-37 | Community Center ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NM | $1,000,000 |
| Navajo Nation Division of Community Development | Public Law 119-37 | Facility ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NM | $1,000,000 |
| Vida del Norte | Public Law 119-37 | Property Acquisition and ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NM | $225,000 |
| Bernalillo Public School District | Public Law 119-37 | Career Technical Education Center Facility ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NM | $1,000,000 |
| San Juan County | Public Law 119-37 | Purchase of Fire Ladder EngineRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NM | $1,000,000 |
| Village of Cuba | Public Law 119-37 | Fire Hydrants Repair and ReplacementRural Utilities Service · Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program | NM | $269,000 |
| City of Gallup Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Gallup, NM Police Department Virtual Reality TrainingDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $320,000 |
| NM | Public Law 119-75 | City of Las Vegas, NM South Pacific Road ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | NM | $850,000 |
| NM | Public Law 119-75 | Raton, NM Ports to PlainsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | NM | $1,000,000 |
| North Central Regional Transit District | Public Law 119-75 | Chama, NM Transit Operations FacilityDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | NM | $750,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Pueblo of Jemez | Public Law 119-75 | Hazard Remediation and Pueblo RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NM | $1,512,000 |
| City of Portales | Public Law 119-75 | Portales, NM Waste Transfer Facility ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NM | $1,200,000 |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation | Public Law 119-75 | Jicarilla Apache Nation Public Safety Housing ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NM | $2,000,000 |
| City of Lovington | Public Law 119-75 | City of Lovington, NM Senior Center Infrastructure Improvement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NM | $369,750 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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- Campaign website: www.teresaforall.com. The Federal Election Commission’s record of TERESA FOR ALL gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
- 2 pages of www.teresaforall.com saved on October 8, 2026. 1 states positions on issues.From a secondary source
- 2 Internet Archive copies of www.teresaforall.com, the earliest captured November 5, 2024. We ask the Archive for the copy closest to election day, November 5, 2024.From a secondary source
Online ads
No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.
Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 7, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Leger Fernandez's campaign reports receiving $1,249,948.86 and reports spending $990,898.95, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H0NM03102as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H0NM03102as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Money raised (total receipts) | $1,249,948.86 | $2,123,599.55 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $990,898.95 | $1,748,502.00 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $666,975.48 | $407,925.57 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H0NM03102as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H0NM03102as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Individuals, itemized | $903,194.87 | $1,465,783.83 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $114,676.50 | $254,870.80 |
| Other political committees | $212,450.00 | $344,450.00 |
| Party committees | $0.00 | $53.21 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- TERESA FOR ALL Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00704049
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Reported stock trades
Confirmed from the official recordThe Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 lists no Periodic Transaction Report under this member's name and district.
Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.
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