Teresa Leger Fernández
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
New Mexico - District 3
Current Position: US House Representative NM-3
Running For: House Representative - District 3
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For ensuring affordable child care for families
- For expanding Social Security benefits and strengthening program solvency
Business & Labor
- For raising the federal minimum wage
- For protecting workers' rights to collectively bargain
- For equal pay for equal work between men and women
- For enacting paid family leave
- For holding corporations accountable for price gouging
Health Care
- For Medicare negotiating with drug companies to lower prescription drug prices
- For capping out-of-pocket prescription drug payments
- For protecting women's right to make personal decisions about pregnancy without government interference
- For making contraception available and affordable
- For capping prescription drug costs and holding pharmaceutical companies accountable for pricing
- For investing in caregiving workforce to support older adults and people with disabilities
- For Medicare for All
Environment
- For investing in renewable energy resources like wind and solar
- For addressing climate change and reducing carbon pollution
Civil Rights
- For reproductive freedom and codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law
- For tribal sovereignty and Native American self-determination; supports federal government's obligation to safeguard tribal governmental jurisdiction over lands and resources
- For increased federal investment in Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service programs
- For protecting historic and sacred Native American sites and returning stolen sacred items to tribal owners
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For protecting voting rights and ensuring equal opportunity to vote for all Americans
- For overturning Citizens United decision
- For ending partisan gerrymandering
- For requiring secret money groups to disclose their donors
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For comprehensive immigration reform with path to citizenship for undocumented dreamers and law-abiding immigrants
- For strengthening border security through targeted enforcement at contraband and drug smuggling locations
Public Safety
- For universal background checks on all gun sales
- For banning military-style assault weapons
- For strengthening red flag laws to prevent dangerous individuals from possessing firearms