Press Releases
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.
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.
