{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-mexico-manufacturers-meet-vasquez-speak-out-against-tariffs-harm-local", "New Mexico Manufacturers Meet with Vasquez, Speak Out Against Tariffs\u2019 Harm on Local Businesses", "2025-07-28", "2025", "2025-07", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Gabe Vasquez", "V000136", "vasquez.house.gov", "vasquez", "https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "SUNLAND PARK, N.M. \u2013 On July 28, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) met with local leaders from Santa Teresa\u2019s manufacturing sector who voiced intense concerns about how the administration\u2019s trade policies and tariffs are harming their businesses.\n\nWATCH: VASQUEZ ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON TRADE AND TARIFF IMPACTS\n\nAfter hearing concerns from plant managers and other top leaders of manufacturing companies operating locally in Southern New Mexico, Vasquez delivered a clear message: the uncertainty created by the administration\u2019s shifting trade policies is jeopardizing local jobs, stalling investments, and putting border community manufacturers at risk.\n\n\u201cWhat we have seen is that the tariffs are having a very negative impact on businesses that are choosing to relocate here and businesses that want to expand here. And that is because the nature of the tariffs this administration has proposed have been so uncertain. We\u2019ve lost investments here in Santa Teresa,\u201d said Vasquez. \u201cToday, I heard directly from plant managers and business owners who have been impacted by the administration\u2019s decisions. The truth is, if we want to grow jobs here locally in Southern New Mexico, we need some certainty from the president.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have the economic uncertainty hitting us two ways. We're having companies that are getting really, really scrunched in terms of their industry because people are not placing orders or are postponing buying decisions. That's one side of it. The other side is the businesses we're not getting because they're not going to make a multi\u2011million\u2011dollar investment decision in this environment right now. I've seen three deals\u2014two in the automotive industry and one in the electronics industry\u2014totally go away, and we're hoping they come back once we get some certainty in terms of tariffs.\u201d said Jerry Pacheco, President of the New Mexico Border Industrial Association.\n\nRoundtable participants included leaders from various sectors, including copper, steel, and aluminum manufacturing, logistics, and printing.\n\nKey concerns raised by local business leaders and manufacturers include:\n\nPausing or cancellation of millions of dollars in investments in Southern New Mexico due to uncertainties around tariffs\n\nHundreds of jobs lost in Southern New Mexico due to paused investments\n\nFears of speaking out publicly against administration trade policy due to concerns about retaliation\n\nVasquez is committed to advocating for New Mexico\u2019s border economy, protecting local jobs, and ensuring that international trade critical to the state\u2019s manufacturers remains strong and stable, including through the reintroduction of his Economic Opportunity for Border Communities Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-mexico-manufacturers-meet-vasquez-speak-out-against-tariffs-harm-local"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.755826011300087, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}