Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, May 26, 2023, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) introduced H.R. 3658, the Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act.
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.