WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Joint Economic Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Building Blocks for Success: Investing in Early Childhood Education" at 2:30 p.m. on April 10, 2024, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Witnesses: * The Honorable Javier Martinez, Speaker, New Mexico House of Representatives, Albuquerque, NM * Ms. Melissa Boteach, Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC * Lind  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) welcomed the expansion of the FEMA Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office in Mora, N.M. This announcement comes after a January letter from the Delegation calling on FEMA to expedite the claims process for those impacte  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement on April 8, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following statement on the 2-year anniversary of the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon Fire. "On the two-year anniversary of the start of what would eventually become the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, we are reminded of both how far our beloved-yet devastated communities have come and how far we have to go," said Congresswom  more