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September 12, 2023

A few dozen people turned out in Deming last week for a presentation on benefits available for military veterans under the federal Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins, or PACT Act.

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Ag Advisory Group
September 8, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Throughout August, Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) met with agricultural producers and workers across New Mexico’s second congressional district to discuss their goals for the upcoming Farm Bill. As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Vasquez is an important member that will help secure New Mexico’s priorities in the bill. On September 7, Rep.

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Stop Fentanyl Trafficking
September 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Immigration and Border Security Task Force Chair Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Rep.

September 7, 2023

Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) has a direct message for House lawmakers regarding the fentanyl crisis: “We’ve got to put politics aside.”

As a Democrat who grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and now represents a large border district in New Mexico, the freshman Democratic lawmaker believes he brings a distinctive perspective to the issue of immigration.

August 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) have announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $9,256,350 in funding from the Infrastructure Law for New Mexico-based Sacred Wind Communications to expand reliable, affordable, high-speed internet for residents in Sierra and Doña Ana counties.

The funding will be delivered through USDA’s Rural Development Reconnect Loan and Grant Program.

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Vasquez with DPS
August 23, 2023

On August 21 and 22, 2023, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) met with officials from New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the Pueblo of Isleta to share updates on the federal funding he requested for New Mexico’s communities. 

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U.S. Capitol
August 1, 2023

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) has released the following statement in response to the U.S. Air Force’s announced decision to relocate seven MC-130J aircraft and approximately 300 service members, designated as the 6th Special Operations Squadron, from Cannon Air Force Base. 

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Rep Gabe Vasquez with service member
July 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On July 27, 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. Senate.