Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 14, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez’s (NM-02) priorities for New Mexico in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) were passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, July 11, 2023, the United State Senate confirmed former U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. During the nomination process, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) wrote a letter in support of Torres Small’s nomination, and ultimately in the process, Torres Small received strong bipartisan support from the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, on June 30, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force expressing concern over the personnel contract cancellations and potential job losses at Holloman Air Force Base.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On June 22, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to the House Floor for consideration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Rep. Gabe Vasquez announced the introduction of the Community Facilities Program for Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure Act to expand clean school bus charging infrastructure, like electric chargers and compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks. The bill allows clean charging technology to be purchased with grant or loan dollars from the US Department of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grant Program.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – This week, Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) was in Albuquerque, the South Valley and Los Lunas to meet with local elected officials and community leaders to hear their priorities and to share updates from Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, June 23, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced his co-sponsorship of the bipartisan Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust (TRUST) in Congress Act that would require Members of Congress — as well as their spouses and dependent children — to put certain investment assets into a qualified blind trust during their entire tenure in Congress, effectively banning them from trading individual stocks and eliminating loopholes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, June 21, 2023,the House Agriculture Committee announced Rep. Gabe Vasquez's (NM-02) membership to the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, June 15, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) and Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) announced a new partnership, a bipartisan caucus to advocate for issues that are critical to Southwest communities, including economic development, international trade and border security and the conservation of public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following his thorough review of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) will support the compromise legislation to protect the full faith and credit of the United States and avoid a catastrophic default that would cause crippling impacts to the economy and hurt Veterans, students, seniors and families in need of food assistance.