Gabe Vasquez
Representative for New Mexico · Democratic · United States
“It now costs nearly $200 to drive a truck from one end of my district to the other. Let's think about that. A round trip is $400. Who can afford that? That is more than the cost of a plane ticket. Trump's illegal war is costing the average New Mexican about $81 more in gas each month alone.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to put in the simplest of terms how the President's war in Iran is impacting New Mexicans. Exhibit A: the pain at the pump. This time last year, New Mexicans paid over a dollar less per gallon. Mr. Speaker, New Mexico is a big State.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“You see, Senator Church was a quiet, careful workman who worked across the aisle to strike compromise and pass overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation such as the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Working together under this patriotic caucus to achieve wider bipartisan agreement, I believe that we can mediate conflicts between natural resource users and protection proponents and demonstrate that economic development and conservation are not mutually exclusive.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Forest Service in 1905 by Republican President and conservationist Teddy Roosevelt, Americans of all political stripes have continued the legacy of conserving our public lands for all Americans, for multiple uses--both for our enjoyment and for the domestic production of natural resources, a careful balance that requires bipartisan and lo…”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Even Nixon, not known as an environmentalist, in 1972, proclaimed that what began as an environmental awakening must mature finally into a new and higher environmental way of life. Believe it or not, there was a time which in this body we crafted win-win models of public land legislation.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
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“It now costs nearly $200 to drive a truck from one end of my district to the other. Let's think about that. A round trip is $400. Who can afford that? That is more than the cost of a plane ticket. Trump's illegal war is costing the average New Mexican about $81 more in gas each month alone. $81 may not mean much to Wall Street brokers or investors, but it sure as hell does mean a lot to working-class families. That is a week of groceries, a month's electric bill, or three tickets to the Isotopes game. As folks head to the grocery store to stock up for Labor Day, they have one thought: These prices are too damn high, and that extra $81 a month is a big problem. ____________________”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to put in the simplest of terms how the President's war in Iran is impacting New Mexicans. Exhibit A: the pain at the pump. This time last year, New Mexicans paid over a dollar less per gallon. Mr. Speaker, New Mexico is a big State. We have to drive hours just to see family, go to work, or see the closest doctor. A lot of us drive trucks and diesels. New Mexico is a truck State.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Let us renew these concepts of bipartisan cooperation and protect our shared patriotism, even if it means standing up to our own party and this administration in the wake of the largest wave of attacks we have seen to our public lands in our Nation's history. Mr. Speaker, I know that I will be doing my damndest to protect the places we love in New Mexico, across the West, and this great Nation. I hope that my colleagues in this body can put partisanship aside and have the courage to do the same. ____________________”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Forest Service, to rob crucial maintenance funds from the National Parks budget, and just recently to sell off part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer, we are in deep, deep trouble of losing what both Democrats and Republicans have long fought to conserve and to protect. Public lands improve every American's quality of life. They provide abundance and liberty. We must fight to ensure access to the American Dream, and that includes access to public lands and a healthy environment. The truth is, Americans love nature. Hunters, anglers, and families alike agree that public lands are patriotic.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Working together under this patriotic caucus to achieve wider bipartisan agreement, I believe that we can mediate conflicts between natural resource users and protection proponents and demonstrate that economic development and conservation are not mutually exclusive. Today, foreign companies have spread their tentacles and sprawled into our forests, rivers, and national monuments, all in search of a quick buck. Paired together with short sighted proposals from this administration that threaten to undo the Roadless Rule, to eliminate the Public Lands Rule, to shrink our national monuments, to open sensitive habitat in the Alaskan Arctic Refuge to drilling, to narrow regulations of the ESA, to shrink the U.S.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Even Nixon, not known as an environmentalist, in 1972, proclaimed that what began as an environmental awakening must mature finally into a new and higher environmental way of life. Believe it or not, there was a time which in this body we crafted win-win models of public land legislation. That is why I helped establish the first bipartisan Public Lands Caucus with former Interior Secretary and Montana Representative Ryan Zinke. Today, we have the potential to piece together the remnants of bipartisan political consensus and provide a powerful framework for modern conservation and public lands initiatives.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“You see, Senator Church was a quiet, careful workman who worked across the aisle to strike compromise and pass overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation such as the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. This was an unprecedented period of patriotism and public lands where bipartisanship flourished, and Congress worked as a unified body to protect our Nation's most precious resources. In 1964, the Wilderness Act passed the House by a whopping 373-1 majority. That same year, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act passed by a voice vote in the House and a 92-1 vote in the Senate. In 1973, the House passed the Endangered Species Act in a landslide 355-4 vote.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Forest Service in 1905 by Republican President and conservationist Teddy Roosevelt, Americans of all political stripes have continued the legacy of conserving our public lands for all Americans, for multiple uses--both for our enjoyment and for the domestic production of natural resources, a careful balance that requires bipartisan and local support. Let me remind this body of the tremendous work of U.S. Senator Frank Church. The Senator's impact on this Nation's wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, and land and water conservation is to be celebrated. In particular, he should be lauded for the way in which he went about passing many of our Nation's bedrock public land laws that stand until this day.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Fortunately for the American public, that experience includes over a century of bipartisan support for another one of America's greatest and best ideas: the creation, shared stewardship, and enjoyment of our Nation's public lands, so that we may continue to hunt, to fish, to take our families camping, to discover America's history, and to unravel the great mysteries and gifts that can only be found in our Nation's national forests, national parks, BLM lands, and wildlife refuges. Long after the creation of the U.S.”
House of Representatives31 August 2026Source ↗
“Speaker, we all support border security, but we don't support unauthorized well drilling that's draining precious resources. I stand with our ranchers. ____________________”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Ask Luna County farmers and ranchers who are currently seeing droves of unauthorized wells being drilled by the Federal Government right by their pastures, stealing their water. It has to stop. For generations, ranching families in this border community have relied on water from the Mimbres and Hachita Basin to sustain their herds and their way of life. When the feds needed water, they bought it or they trucked in. Recently they said: Why buy it when we can steal it? Our ranchers follow the State's water laws. DHS doesn't, and it appears they don't care either. DHS contractors today are drilling deep new wells in Luna County for border wall construction, depleting this vital water source with no regard for permitting, State law, or the impact to border ranchers. Mr.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, in New Mexico, water is life, and it is our economy. In 1902, the Federal Government recognized this harsh reality, passing the Reclamation Act to make arid Western lands agriculturally productive. In that negotiation, they gave States like New Mexico the right to allocate and adjudicate its own water resources. Today, those rights are being violated. Don't ask me.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“And today I give this speech in Spanish and English, without fear, to reinforce that we are a nation of immigrants, and we will continue to be a nation of immigrants.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Later today, many in this Chamber will have the privilege of going home to dinner with their loved ones. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should have had it, too. En su honor--y en honor de Renee, de Alex, y del joven que perdimos ayer en Maine--no vamos a descansar hasa que cada familia en este pais pueda esperar a los suyos en la mesa, sin miedo. Y hoy doy este discurso en Espanol e Ingles, sin miedo, para reforzar que somos una nacion de inmigrantes, y vamos a seguir siendo una nacion de inmigrantes. In his honor--and in honor of Renee, Alex, and the young man we lost yesterday in Maine--we will not rest until every family in this country can wait for their loved ones at the table, without fear.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“I come from the border and from a family of immigrants, and I know the Lorenzos of this country--in Texas, in New Mexico, here in Washington, and across the nation. They get up before dawn. They pick chili peppers in Hatch. They tend cattle in our fields. They build homes in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Houston. And to that community, I'm not just going to say, ``I see you.'' Words don't stop bullets. I'm saying: We're going to fight for you. In this chamber. In the courts. And marching alongside you. Lorenzo Salgado should have been home to his family. Lorenzo cried out, ``Me estan matando,'' ``They are killing me.'' The ``they'' were ICE agents. The ``they'' was paid by your tax dollars. The ``they'' answers only to this administration. It does not answer to the people.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“``Nobody,'' ``nadie'' is safe when armed agents answer to no one. This administration says Lorenzo was shot because he looked like someone they were searching for. Well, in America, there is no death penalty for looking like someone else and driving to work, and yet here we are. Yo vengo de la frontera y de una familia de inmigrantes, y conozco a los Lorenzos de este pais--en Texas, en Nuevo Mexico, aqui en Washington, y a traves del pais. Se levantan antes del amanecer. Pizcan el chile en Hatch. Cuidan el ganado en nuestros campos. Construyen casas en Las Cruces, Albuquerque y Houston. Y a esa comunidad, no le voy a decir solamente ``los veo.'' Las palabras no detienen las balas. Les digo: vamos a pelear por ustedes. En esta camara. En las cortes. Y marchando a su lado. Lorenzo Salgado debio haber llegado a casa a su familia.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Unfortunately, we can do nothing to heal the pain of Lorenzo's family. Nor the pain of Renee Good's family--a mother, an American citizen, killed in her car in Minneapolis. Nor for the family of Alex Pretti--a nurse who cared for our veterans, an American citizen, killed while defending a woman in the street. Nor for the family of the young man ICE killed yesterday in Biddeford, Maine--a young man whose name we still don't even know. But someone, right now, is waiting for him at home. And he's not coming. We were told that this was about dangerous, violent criminals, that Trump's immigration enforcement was going to target the worst in this Nation, but instead it has made everyone unsafe: Latinos, for the way that we look, and any American who dares to stand in between them.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“We don't even know the identity of the officers who were involved, but we do know that he was a father of three who worked overtime to provide for his family. He was killed on his way to work, and this administration expects us to take their word that this was a justifiable killing. Desafortunadamente, no podemos hacer nada para curar el dolor la familia de Lorenzo. Ni el dolor de la familia de Renee Good--madre, ciudadana estadounidense, asesinada en su carro en Minneapolis. Ni por la familia de Alex Pretti--enfermero que cuidaba a nuestros veteranos, ciudadano Americano, matado mientras defendia a una mujer en la calle. Ni por la familia del joven que ICE mato ayer en Biddeford, Maine--un joven cuyo nombre todavia ni siquiera conocemos. Pero alguien, en este momento, lo esta esperando en casa. Y no va a llegar.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“He spent 35 of those years building houses in Houston--houses that, for many families, represented their American dream. Lorenzo owned his own business. And when someone knocked on his door looking for work, Lorenzo gave them a job. His son describes him as a job creator for many people, workers, just like him. He had three children: a teacher, an engineer, and a young man studying engineering. On July 7th, Lorenzo got up before dawn--as he did every day of his life. By seven in the morning, he was already working: driving his van, taking his crew to a construction site. And then, an ICE officer shot him. He wasn't even the man that they were looking for. And 7 days later we have no body camera footage, no dash camera footage, and zero accountability.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Lorenzo Salgado, como cualquier papa, debio haber llegado a su casa, recibido por su esposa y sus hijos en la tarde del 7 de Julio. Debio haberse sentado en su patio, como lo hacia cada tarde, escuchando su musica, y jugando con su perro. Pero Lorenzo no regreso ese dia. Fallecio a manos de ICE. Lorenzo tenia 52 anos. Paso 35 de esos anos construyendo casas en Houston--casas que para muchas familias, fueron su sueno Americano. Lorenzo abrio su propio negocio.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of the men and women who have served this Nation and defended our freedoms. They now face unnecessary obstacles in accessing the care and support that they have earned.”
House of Representatives3 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the dire consequences of the Federal funding freezes and mass firings that are devastating communities across the country, including in my home State of New Mexico. Over the past few weeks, I have spoken with New Mexicans who have been impacted by these reckless decisions. Their stories are heartbreaking. Their families are suffering.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the exceptional service of the Marine Corps League El Perro Diablo Detachment 478, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. New Mexicans have a long history of stepping up to serve our Nation, and these marines continue to honor that commitment.”
House of Representatives15 January 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I rise to honor my friend and an honorable New Mexican, Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway, who passed away on December 30, 2024. Mayor Janway served Carlsbad with integrity and distinction as mayor for 13 years. He was deeply involved in his community and made remarkable progress during his tenure. He worked with leaders of all political stripes to improve the city's infrastructure, including the Double Eagle water project, which we worked on together.”
House of Representatives7 January 2025Source ↗