Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the deportation of U.S. Army veteran, Miguel Perez. Perez, a two-tour Afghanistan combat veteran, was deported to Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, March 26, 2018.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross' decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement regarding his vote against the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2018. The House passed the bill on Thursday, March 22, 2018, by a vote of 256-167. The Senate advanced the measure by a vote of 65-32. President Donald J. Trump signed the funding package this afternoon.
WASHINGTON— Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced today that they helped secure $97.5 million in the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Omnibus Appropriations bill for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Cattle Health Program, that includes $5 million specifically
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the explosion at a FedEx delivery facility in Schertz, Texas, that left one injured and is suspected to be connected to the serial bombings in Austin, Texas.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) was inducted into the New Democrat Coalition, a group of 68 forward-thinking Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are committed to advancing pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies in Congress.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04) along with several colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump demanding that funding for critical school safety and violence prevention programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) be restored.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted in favor of H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018. The safety and well-being of students and teachers in the 15th District of Texas is a top priority for Congressman Gonzalez.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and 139 fellow House Democrats sent a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting that the administration impose sanctions against Russia required by H.R. 3364, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
WASHINGTON—Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter urging U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, to support a pathway to citizenship for deported veterans. This comes in response to the Defense Secretary's recent statement that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients currently enlisted in the U.S.