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MCALLEN, RGV – U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez says he supports a "smart wall" to improve border security but not a physical barrier.
Gonzalez gave the keynote address at the 8th annual Valley Environmental Summit. Sponsored by the Valley Environmental Coalition, it was held at the Embassy Suites in McAllen. It was titled, "Our True Nature … Environmental Initiatives for Regional Impact."
Building a "smart wall" using resources such as radar, fiber optics, drones and detection cameras would bring "real" border security, said the McAllen Democrat.
With recent hurricanes narrowly missing the Rio Grande Valley, several local, state and even federal lawmakers who attended Friday's groundbreaking of a massive $400 million drainage project north of Edinburg near Faysville were wise in warning that our region has been lucky to date. But they predict a big storm will hit us and floodwaters will overwhelm us if we don't get drainage issues under control.
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony. Interviewed afterwards, he promised to work hard to secure federal funds for the Raymondville Drain project.
Citing accuracy and effectiveness in determining Rio Grande Valley growth, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, penned a letter urging the U.S. Census Bureau to open a regional office in the Valley.
Addressed to Ron Jarmin, acting director of the bureau, Gonzalez's Sept. 27 letter asked for the "prompt" opening of a Valley office "to ensure an efficient, effective and accurate" 2020 census.
EDINBURG - One of the nation's largest STEM conferences kicked off with a huge announcement Sunday for the 16th annual event.
As congressman of the 15th District of Texas, it is my responsibility to listen and engage with South Texans. On Sept. 18, Juan Del Bosque, of Donna, sent a letter to The Monitor asking a series of questions. I would like to take this opportunity to answer his questions and assure him, and all who read The Monitor, that my team and I are doing our part to best represent all who live and work in South Texas.
Q: Why are interest rates for savings accounts and certificates of deposit so low?
WASHINGTON, DC (September 29, 2017) — House Financial Services Committee Member Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., along with Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., today reintroduced a NAFCU-supported bill to exclude veterans' loans from the statutory credit union member business loan cap.
GOP and Democratic reps believe President Trump when he says his intention is to move tax reform soon, in a bipartisan fashion, according to lawmakers who spoke to The Hill.
"I'm ready to work with the Republicans on anything that makes sense … We do have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world but I think also we need to find ways that will give relief to the middle class and working class," Rep. Vicente González (D-Texas) told The Hill shortly after meeting with bipartisan groups of lawmakers at the White House this week to discuss tax reform.
Less than a week after President Trump announced he was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, at least nine DACA recipients were held without reasonable explanation for approximately eight hours at a border checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas on September 11.
On the heels of U.S. Border Patrol's detention Monday at the Falfurrias checkpoint of 9 recipients of a federal program designed to protect them from deportation, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, penned a letterWednesday to President Donald Trump, the acting secretary of Homeland Security and acting commissioner for the Department of Homeland Security.