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Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez

DemocratRepresentative · NM-2Official site ↗JSONReport an error
4 press releases on AI$8K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightSep 21, 2026

Vasquez joins colleagues demanding labor, environmental, and consumer-cost guardrails on AI data center construction.

“September 21, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined a bipartisan letter with 110 of his congressional colleagues to tech industry leaders demanding data center const…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Vasquez backed a local data center moratorium and championed bills to stop AI data center developers from imposing costs on communities without transparency.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced a suite of new actions to address New Mexicans’ concerns about rapid data center development. He voiced his support for a d…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Vasquez backed the bipartisan FRONTIER Act and urged Congress to stay in session to pass AI safety oversight legislation addressing catastrophic risks.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – On September 16, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced his support for bipartisan legislation to combat the growing risks posed by advanced artificial intelligenc…”

toward oversightAug 25, 2026

Vasquez backs bills forcing data center developers to disclose water and energy use and pay their own energy costs so New Mexico communities, not billionaires, decide whether projects proceed.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced his support for two new bills to hold massive data center developers accountable, protect New Mexico families from higher e…”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

YEAJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$7K

From employees and investors, personally

$1K

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Mar 26, 2026Kevin ScottMICROSOFT$4K↗
Jan 19, 2026David OrrANTHROPIC$3K↗
May 26, 2026GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$1K↗
Dec 18, 2025Edward AnGOOGLE$500↗
Apr 21, 2025David ZapolskyAMAZON$500↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.