Press Releases

Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) called for increased federal funding to address the flow of deadly, illicit fentanyl into the U.S., tackle the opioid crisis that is impacting nearly every American community, and secure our southern border.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) questioned U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a House Agriculture Forestry Subcommittee hearing on confronting wildfire crises. Earlier this year, Vasquez sent a letter to the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, May 11, 2023, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), who represents 180 miles of the US-Mexico border, offered a strong rebuke of  H.R. 2, the Republican bill too extreme and unrealistic to pass Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, May 10, 2023, Xochitl Torres Small participated in a Senate Nomination Hearing. Ahead of Torres Small’s hearing, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) wrote a letter to the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee to voice his support of the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to serve as the next Deputy Secretary of US Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Thursday, April 27, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced a package of three bills to bring new jobs to key sectors of New Mexico’s economy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, April 17, 2023, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that he is introducing the bipartisan Wolf and Livestock Fairness, or WOLF Act, with Representative Greg Stanton (AZ-04) to fully compensate ranchers who suffer livestock losses due to Mexican Gray Wolf predation.

DEMING, N.M. – On Wednesday April 5, 2023, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) hosted Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in New Mexico’s second congressional district.