Armed Services & National Security
Our military service members and their families play a crucial role in our national security. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Vasquez is working to bring home results and investments for our service members, military families, and the communities that depend on well-funded military installations and research facilities. New Mexico is a critical component of our national security, and Vasquez is proud to represent our state and national interests.
Here is how Vasquez has worked to support our brave service members and ensure NM remains at the forefront of our national defense:
Advocating for service members and their families
- Secured the largest pay raise (5.2%) in the last decade for service members, ensuring they receive fair compensation for their service.
- Addressed PFAS contamination in drinking water around military installations by mandating standardized water quality reports.
- Voted to increase the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) and pushed for housing modernization to reduce substandard conditions.
- Vasquez passed a child care pilot program for Holloman AFB through the House and will fight to make it law.
- Championed the Savings for Servicemembers Act, reducing tax burdens for reserve soldiers and providing tangible support to our service member
- Advocated for the Pay Our Military Act to ensure military personnel receive pay even if the government shuts down.
Ensuring NM Stays at the forefront of national defense
- Secured over $2.25 billion for New Mexican laboratories and military installations through the NDAA:
- $85 million for an MQ-9 (Reaper) Facility at Holloman Air Force Base
- $11 million for the Rio Rancho Training Site
- $97 million for Protective Force and Plutonium Production Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- $5.5 million for the Joint Directed Energy Test Center Facility at White Sands Missile Range
- $5 million for the Satellite Fire Station at Cannon Air Force Base
- $1.76 billion for Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Modernization
- $287.5 million for Los Alamos and $2.26 million for Sandia National Laboratories under the National Nuclear Security Administration
- Urged the Secretary of the Air Force to protect nearly 7K jobs at Holloman Air Force.
- Demanded answers on ways to support the workforce in NM to grow the Defense Industrial Base during a committee hearing
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