Gabe Vasquez
U.S. Representative (D-NM, southern New Mexico). Member of the house-armed-services-committee. Sponsored the COUNTER Act (included in the 2026 NDAA) and introduced the bipartisan Secure Our Skies Drone Safety Act of 2025. Drove the legislation from concerns about drone-incursions at white-sands-missile-range and grilled DoD over the February 2026 el-paso-international-airport and fort-hancock incidents.