Rep. Gabe Vasquez Blasts Partisan SNAP Cuts After GOP Advances House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C.–  Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted against the House Republicans’ bill that slashes food assistance for working families, veterans, and seniors, and steals revenue from rural grocers and producers. Vasquez condemned it as a cruel and irresponsible attack on working families, small farmers, and rural New Mexico.

 

“This bill is a direct attack on Americans,” said Vasquez. “It takes food off the plates of New Mexican families while handing tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk. We should be working to ensure that no child goes hungry, standing up for American farmers and ranchers, and not pulling the rug out from under hard-working families. This bill fails rural America.”

 

WATCH: Rep. Gabe Vasquez’s Remarks During House Agriculture Committee

 

Vasquez condemned the bill’s sweeping cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which are being used to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy. If enacted, this legislation would cost New Mexican taxpayers over $250 million in 2026 alone and more than $2.4 billion over the next decade, forcing families to choose between groceries, medicine, and rent.

 

“If you can’t feed a child on $6 a day, don’t you dare pass a law that expects them to,” said Vasquez. “Hungry kids can’t learn. Hungry families can’t thrive. And a hungry nation cannot prosper.”

 

The reconciliation bill now moves forward solely on party lines. Vasquez vowed to continue fighting for working families, small farmers, and rural New Mexicans who Washington was leaving behind.

 

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