| As co-founder of the Public Lands Caucus, Congressman Gabe Vasquez has led the bipartisan charge to defend New Mexico’s public lands.
Vasquez was celebrated for his leadership in defending New Mexico’s $2.3 billion outdoor recreation economy. This comes after Republicans’ latest attempt to threaten millions of acres of public lands.
“This bill threatens this economic lifeline by potentially scarring hundreds of thousands of acres with unnecessary roads, buildings and towers.…Rep. Vasquez and the Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus deserve credit for recognizing this threat and building the coalition needed to fight back.” – Mark Allison, Executive Director of New Mexico Wild
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- …Rep. Gabe Vasquez took a stand for New Mexico by co-founding the Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus. This coalition emerged just as Sen. Mike Lee unveiled his proposal to privatize millions of acres of your public lands through the budget reconciliation process.
- Thanks to Rep. Vasquez’s leadership…that assault was defeated.
- The deceptively named Border Lands Conservation Act [is] a proposal that would give the Department of Homeland Security unprecedented authority to bulldoze roads and build infrastructure through important national public lands.
- Our public lands [are] the backbone of our $2.3 billion outdoor recreation economy, supporting thousands of jobs… This bill threatens this economic lifeline…
- Rep. Vasquez and the Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus deserve credit for recognizing this threat and building the coalition needed to fight back.
- …We proved that organized, bipartisan opposition can stop even the most determined assault on our public lands. Now we must sustain that energy.
- The Border Lands Conservation Act is the latest attack, but it won’t be the last. We intend to keep public lands in public hands. And to keep wilderness wild.
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