{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gabe-vasquez-statement-vote-protect-health-care-working-class-new-mexicans", "Rep. Gabe Vasquez Statement on Vote to Protect Health Care for Working Class New Mexicans", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Gabe Vasquez", "V000136", "vasquez.house.gov", "vasquez", "https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 On November 12, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement on his vote on the Senate funding package, a funding bill that reopened the federal government at the expense of New Mexicans\u2019 access to health care.\n\n\u201cNew Mexicans can\u2019t afford to pay thousands more for healthcare, and that\u2019s the bottom line. I hear it loud and clear from my constituents every day \u2014 they\u2019re frustrated that despite working full-time jobs, they can\u2019t make ends meet. Washington doesn\u2019t understand the plight of working families. My vote today was to lower costs for New Mexicans and preserve their access to health care.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe funding bill that passed today reopened the government, which is a very good thing, but it did nothing to address the rising cost of health care. As a result, hundreds of thousands of New Mexican families will have to make the tough decision to keep their healthcare or go without it altogether, putting their health and their livelihoods at risk. My job in Congress is to vote for bills that make life better, not worse, for as many New Mexicans as possible \u2014 unfortunately, the bill that passed will make things worse for New Mexicans, and there\u2019s no question about it.\u201d\n\n\u201cFrom the very beginning, I have fought for a bipartisan government funding bill that both reopened the government and protected working class New Mexicans\u2019 access to health care. It\u2019s clear we could have afforded to do both \u2014 as the administration shells out $170 million for private jets for DHS Secretary Noem and $40 billion for a bailout for Argentina \u2014 but Republican lawmakers chose not to. It didn\u2019t have to be this way. This isn\u2019t putting America first.\u201d\n\nIn an effort to make the funding bill work better for the American people, Rep. Vasquez supported five amendments to the bill, all of which failed due to opposition from Republican lawmakers. These included:\n\nAmendment to redirect $40 billion for Argentina bailout to pay for two-year extension of the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits\n\nAmendment to clarify that SNAP contingency fund must be used for benefits during future shutdowns\n\nAmendment to repay New Mexico and other state governments for money used to cover SNAP benefits and reimbursements to food banks during shutdown\n\nAmendment striking a clause that allows Senators to sue the U.S. government for personal financial gain if their phone records were involved in January 6th investigations\n\nAmendment to provide a clean 3-year extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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/rep-gabe-vasquez-statement-vote-protect-health-care-working-class-new-mexicans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8376059122383595, "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"}