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118th Congress

May 17, 2024

RECA BACKERS AT WORK ON CAPITOL HILL: Advocates flooded Capitol Hill this week to call for the extension and expansion of a bill compensating victims sickened by government-authorized nuclear testing programs, following a meeting with the office of Speaker Mike Johnson. 

Rep. Vasquez submitted the projects listed below to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration, based on Committee-determined eligibility requirements.


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RECA
May 16, 2024
Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined a press conference alongside Senator Ben Ray Luján, Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, Representative Melanie Stansbury, a group of bipartisan members in the House, and members of communities across the country with illnesses linked to radiation exposure from the production and testing of nuclear weapons to call on Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to allow a vote on a bill that would improve and reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).
May 13, 2024

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández , Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez, announced $11,855,081 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Capital Fund Program would support 21 public housing authorities across New Mexico.

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U.S. Capitol
May 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 8, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02), alongside Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S.

Issues:Agriculture
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U.S. Capitol
May 6, 2024
Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02), who serves on the House Agriculture Committee, shared concerns about House Republicans’ partisan approach to the Farm Bill that would exacerbate food insecurity in New Mexico’s second congressional district, where one in four children are food insecure.
May 5, 2024

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 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 welcoming $2,858,376 from the U.S.

May 3, 2024

State agencies aren’t the only ones taking a harder look at operations and oversight of a troubled Southern New Mexico water utility.

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U.S. Capitol
May 1, 2024
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 6090.