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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), 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 announcing $26,270,968 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the City of Albuquerque and North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) to enhance public transportation services and accelerate the transition to an American-made clean energy future.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico state Representative Gabe Vasquez is co-sponsoring a bill in Washington to prevent stock trading for Congress. The bill is called the “T.R.U.S.T Act” which stands for Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust.
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.
Fights over diversity training, COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ troops dominated the House Armed Services Committee's yearly markup of its annual defense policy bill as lawmakers debated on into the night Wednesday.
But Republicans and Democrats on the panel ultimately agreed to several bipartisan measures that improve bread-and-butter issues for service members. The bill includes new bonuses for junior troops and one of the highest military pay raises in recent history.
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U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., and U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, announced in a June 15 news conference in Washington, D.C. that they have created the Bipartisan Southwest Coalition.
Through the coalition, Vasquez said the two representatives will work together “on Issues that are important to the Southwest,” including border security, economic opportunity and the protection of public lands.
The two have “different political ideologies,” Vasquez said, but can work together to “represent the country that we love so much.”
(The Center Square) - The Federal Aviation Administration is providing six grants worth $10.9 million to fix infrastructure at six airports in New Mexico.
The New Mexico congressional delegation welcomed the news, praising the FAA's decision.
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, said the state's airports play a vital role in its economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) announced a total of $10,916,787 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to repair the infrastructure at six airports in New Mexico.
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.