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April 23, 2024

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the Supreme Court hears a case on homelessness, two New Mexico representatives hosted a roundtable on Tuesday to discuss how to help solve the problem. Representatives Gabe Vasquez and Melanie Stansbury hosted the roundtable in southeast Albuquerque.

April 16, 2024

Last week, U.S. Congressman Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) introduced a resolution to the U.S. House of Representatives denouncing Republican leadership for, “inaction on crucial immigration reform and border security measures.”

April 15, 2024

DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — New Mexico Democratic Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, together with Democratic New Mexico U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, announced Monday that Las Cruces and Dona Ana County were awarded two federal grants totaling $2.47 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S.

March 14, 2024

LAS CRUCES – A federal initiative helping more than 68,000 low-income homes in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District pay for the internet has begun winding down.

That’s after Congress has not renewed funding for the pandemic-relief measure, known as the Affordable Connectivity Program.

March 12, 2024

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Over two dozen House Democrats in Washington on Tuesday announced the formation of a new Democratic border security caucus they say is aimed at changing the narrative from Republicans about how life really is at the border and what border communities need.

March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON — U.S. House lawmakers cast a broadly bipartisan vote Wednesday to approve a six-bill government funding package, marking one of the few consequential votes on major legislation that chamber has taken since Republicans took the majority more than a year ago.

March 4, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), are welcoming nearly $43 million of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding from the U.S.

February 29, 2024

U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat representing New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, announced Thursday that Laguna Pueblo educator Treva Riley will be his guest at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 7.

Riley teaches at Laguna Elementary and has done so for 10 years.

February 28, 2024

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a New Mexico Democrat, is teaming up with the former secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and current Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana to sponsor legislation aimed at preventing the sale of public lands.

February 27, 2024

Monday, New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced $35 million in federal grants for healthcare, agriculture and renewable energy projects in rural communities in the state.

The delegation is made up of U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez. All are Democrats.