Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Leger Fernandez is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Leger Fernandez has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 20, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Teresa Leger Fernandez sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • For Indigenous Peoples of the United States subcommittee Chair

  National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands subcommittees
• House Committee on Education and Labor
  Civil Rights and Human Services, Higher Education and Workforce Investment subcommittees
• House Committee on House Administration
  Elections subcommittees
• Joint Committee on Printing

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Leger Fernandez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (38%) Energy (19%) Labor and Employment (19%) Native Americans (12%) Education (12%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Leger Fernandez recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7721: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act
• H.R. 6901: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the private interim storage of …
• H.R. 6589: Historic Preservation Enhancement Act
• H.R. 6493: Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2022
• H.R. 5779: Financial Fitness Act
• H.Con.Res. 55: Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to …
• H.R. 5628: Pecos Watershed Protection Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to May 2022, Leger Fernandez missed 4 of 681 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• House of Representatives for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills