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January 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 26, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that he had secured $9.9 million in federal Community Project Funding for New Mexico under the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. A total of eight additional projects tackling issues from water infrastructure to health and safety will be funded through this bill after years of Rep. Vasquez’s advocacy. In total, Rep.

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January 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 22, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced the Waste Heat to Wattage Act to lower utility costs for New Mexicans, especially in rural areas where energy costs are high and resources are limited. 

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January 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 21, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement ahead of his vote opposing the FY26 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

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January 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 15, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) unveiled the framework of the Farm and Family Relief Act alongside House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig and other Democratic members of the Committee at a press conference on Capitol Hill. 

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January 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 15, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that he had secured federal grants totaling $3.7 million from the Department of Justice for the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Department of Transportation to improve road safety in Albuquerque, Ramah, and Truth or Consequences.

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January 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 12, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez’s (NM-02) bill, the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act, passed the House of Representatives unanimously.

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January 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 6, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) was notified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had awarded a $1.6 billion dollar contract to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. to construct a 49-mile border wall in an incredibly remote stretch of New Mexico’s Bootheel in Hidalgo County. 

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January 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 9, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted in favor of H.R. 5184, the Affordable HOMES Act, to lower manufactured home costs and pass on savings to New Mexican consumers.

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January 9, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 8, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) secured over $4.8 million in federal funding for direct investments in public safety and water infrastructure in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District.