118th Congress
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) touted job creation and economic development in New Mexico’s second district in two press conferences celebrating Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Los Lunas and federal funding he secured for Atrisco Vista Boulevard.
Both the U.S. House and Senate are in summer recess which means the members of Congress are holding events such as roundtables and tours in New Mexico.
Events are planned for the next few weeks including events last week with Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat representing the state’s 2nd Congressional District, visiting Carlsbad and Hobbs.
Vasquez went to Carlsbad where, aside from visiting Carlsbad Caverns for its 100th anniversary, he held an energy workers roundtable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, August 5, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) introduced H.R. 9301, the New Mexico Rural Veteran Health Care Access Act, aimed at improving health care access for rural veterans in Otero and Eddy Counties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02), Melanie Stansbury and Teresa Leger Fernández called on House leadership to fully fund the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). In a letter to House leadership, they emphasized the urgent need for federal disaster relief funding to support New Mexico communities affected by recent natural disasters.
U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (N.M.-02) introduced the Patient Debt Relief Act that provides relief and protections to millions of Americans burdened by medical debt. The bill takes a fresh approach by establishing a grant program that enables non-profit organizations to purchase debt from hospitals while codifying protections for patients Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced their support for the bill.
For generations, the Zuni people were able to grow food in the New Mexico desert through what Pueblo of Zuni Gov. Arden Kucate described as “adaptive irrigation techniques and careful stewardship of our water and lands.”
Then, in the early 19th century, this way of life was threatened as settlers upstream of the Zuni reservation began diverting water. Kucate told members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee that this led to essentially all of the water in the river being taken before the Pueblo could access it.