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118th Congress

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December 26, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02)’s Rural Installation Job Protection Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden after passing the Senate and House with bipartisan support.

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December 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted in favor of a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government and prevent a government shutdown, supporting New Mexico’s farmers, families and service members.

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December 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) and Zuni Pueblo called on Speaker Mike Johnson to pass the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act and all water rights settlements to benefit New Mexico’s Tribes and Pueblos.

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December 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted in favor of the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Policy changes at the federal level can directly impact immigrant communities in New Mexico.


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December 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, December 5, 2024, U.S. RepresentativeGabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) announced Rubye Chappa, Jonethan Camarena and Raj Bhakta, students from Carlsbad High School, as the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s second congressional district.  

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December 2, 2024

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) alongside U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) called on the U.S. Forest Service to complete the initial steps of the mineral withdrawal process in the Upper Pecos Watershed.

Issues:Agriculture
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November 22, 2024
U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted to pass a comprehensive veterans’ package that improves health care, housing and education for veterans.
November 21, 2024

All five members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are urging the federal government to “quickly resolve” a decade-old lawsuit from Texas over water rights from the Rio Grande.

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November 19, 2024
U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) presented his Ranching Without Red Tape Act in a hearing with the House Committee of Natural Resources (HNRC), bringing it one step closer to becoming law.
Issues:Agriculture