WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Today, Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) Members and Members-elect selected Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) as DWC's Chair for the 119th Congress. Rep. Leger Fernandez served as a DWC Vice Chair in the 118th Congress, and will now lead the largest ever DWC, which will include a record-breaking 96 Members in the 119th Congress. Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), who will assume the ro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) in a letter calling on President Joe Biden to protect immigrant families before the end of his presidency. "As Senators who represent diverse states across our nation and who collectively represent millions of immi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)announced on Monday she will make a bid to run for the highest Democratic seat in the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. If successful, Rep. Stansbury would make history as the first woman to serve as either Chair or Ranking Member of the Committee. This would follow on the historic tenure of the current Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (AZ-07) who has led more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements regarding an alleged Utah-only Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) proposal circulating in the House of Representatives. Senator Hawley strongly opposes the inclusion of this proposal in a year-end spending bill. The Senate has twice passed Senator Hawley's legislation to reauthorize and expand RECA by a strong bipartisan vote of 69 more PR