Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) in introducing the Honor Farmer Contracts Act of 2025, legislation aimed at ensuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fulfills its commitments to farmers by releasing frozen funds and preventing the agency from canceling legally binding contracts. Farmers must be able to rely on USDA funding to plan their planting season and prevent them from having to shut down their operations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) issued a strong warning against President Trump’s newly announced “Liberation Day” tariffs, calling them a reckless economic move that will directly hurt working families, farmers, and small businesses in southern New Mexico.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) warned that the Trump Administration’s push to dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS) is a direct attack on rural New Mexico. In a letter, he expressed growing concern that President Trump’s proposal to fire the USPS Board of Governors and remove USPS’ status as an independent agency is widely seen as the first step toward privatization.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) to demand answers from the Trump administration regarding the unlawful purging of federal workers in New Mexico.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) has been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, where he will play a key role in advising and overseeing the Academy’s operations, curriculum, and policies. Vasquez was recommended for the position by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined a bicameral coalition of 52 Members of Congress in a letter to President Trump urging him to reinstate Biden-era Executive Order 14112, titled “Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations to Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination.”

LAS CRUCES, NM – Following the tragic mass shooting at Young Park in Las Cruces that claimed the lives of three teenagers and left 15 others injured, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) has spent the past several days engaging directly with victims, families, first responders, counselors, and community leaders to provide support, understand local needs, and advocate for bipartisan solutions to address youth violence.