WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act, during a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger-Fernandez (D-N.M.) co-sponsored the legislation. WATCH: Vasquez and  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) introduced the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act, during a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) cosponsored the legislation. The bicameral Zuni Indian Tribe Water   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Committee heard Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez's five pivotal water rights settlement bills for 11 tribes in New Mexico. If passed, the bills could deliver a combined $3.6 billion in water infrastructure investments--one of the largest investments in water infrastructure in New Mexico history. "Yesterday, we considered legislation th  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Congresswoman Leger Fernandez released the following this morning. "I will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress today," said Congresswoman Leger Fernandez. "Following Hamas' horrific October 7th terrorist attack, Netanyahu's military offensive in Gaza has been indiscriminate. He is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and,   more