CONGRESSMAN VICENTE GONZALEZ LEADS TEXAS DEMOCRATS IN DEMANDING TEXAS HOUSE AND SENATE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEES HOLD FIELD HEARING IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that he led members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to Texas House Redistricting Committee Chairman Cody Vasut and Texas Senate Committee on Congressional Redistricting Chairman Phil King urging them to hold a field hearing in the Rio Grande Valley.  

“The fact that neither the House nor the Senate Redistricting Committees have announced public hearings in the Rio Grande Valley is a disgrace,” said Congressman Vicente Gonzalez. “The Governor and his cronies love to use our region as a backdrop for their political theatre and invoke their gains with Latino voters in our region, yet they have no interest in listening to the perspectives of the hardworking, honest citizens that make up the Valley. Our region is just as important as urban areas in Houston, Dallas, and Austin and we, too, have a stake. Chairman King and Chairman Vasut, schedule a field hearing in the Valley — we deserve to be heard.” 

Read the full letter here. 

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