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U.S. Capitol
May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, May 23, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) opposed House Republicans’ partisan, anti-nutrition Farm Bill that would take food off the table of hungry families.

Issues:Agriculture
May 17, 2024

RECA BACKERS AT WORK ON CAPITOL HILL: Advocates flooded Capitol Hill this week to call for the extension and expansion of a bill compensating victims sickened by government-authorized nuclear testing programs, following a meeting with the office of Speaker Mike Johnson. 

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RECA
May 16, 2024
Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined a press conference alongside Senator Ben Ray Luján, Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, Representative Melanie Stansbury, a group of bipartisan members in the House, and members of communities across the country with illnesses linked to radiation exposure from the production and testing of nuclear weapons to call on Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to allow a vote on a bill that would improve and reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).
May 13, 2024

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández , Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez, announced $11,855,081 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Capital Fund Program would support 21 public housing authorities across New Mexico.

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U.S. Capitol
May 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 8, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02), alongside Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S.

Issues:Agriculture
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U.S. Capitol
May 6, 2024
Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02), who serves on the House Agriculture Committee, shared concerns about House Republicans’ partisan approach to the Farm Bill that would exacerbate food insecurity in New Mexico’s second congressional district, where one in four children are food insecure.
May 5, 2024

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.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,858,376 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to expand access to apprenticeship opportunities, prepare more New Mexicans for quality jobs, and strengthen the local workforce.

Youth Development Inc. in Albuquerque will receive $1,500,000 and the Three Rivers Education Foundation in Farmington will receive $1,358,376.

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U.S. Capitol
May 4, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) joined a coalition of 88 members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden calling for immediate action to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.

May 3, 2024

State agencies aren’t the only ones taking a harder look at operations and oversight of a troubled Southern New Mexico water utility.

In recent months, scrutiny has intensified from the state auditor and attorney general’s office, after top environment officials called for a look into how the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority spent millions in public money.