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WASHINGTON - Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar today announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $600,000 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez has announced that the Center for Mental Health Services has awarded $125,000 to Tropical Texas Behavioral Health. Funding will be used to expand mental health services.
WASHINGTON - Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar today announced that the U.S. Department of Education's Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program has awarded $88,160 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
PHARR, Texas - The Pharr International Bridge is the largest full-service crossing bridge in the Rio Grande Valley.
Billions of dollars in trade flow across the bridge annually and officials say there is room for growth.
McALLEN — A step toward a new North American Free Trade Agreement early last week was dealt a setback Saturday with President Donald Trump threatening to terminate the two-decade old treaty that transformed the Rio Grande Valley.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez is encouraging eligible applicants to apply for community development grants from Texas Rural Communities, Inc. (TRC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency.
MEXICO CITY —Congressional Democrats on Thursday called for hearings into the government's policy of denying U.S. passports to Hispanic Americans along the U.S.-Mexico border and questioning the citizenship of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Americans.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today sent a letter with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) inviting U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer to discuss the administration's trade policy.
WASHINGTON - Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar have announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $100,000 to South Texas College (STC) in McAllen, Texas for workforce and economic development.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez has announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has awarded a $7,231,095 continuation grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) initiative.