Press Releases

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 for research and scientific tools to eradicate cattle fever tick.

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. The Administration's budget request proposes to cut more than $400 million from these programs, and reduce by 37 percent national activities to support school safety.

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. The congressman was proud to co-sponsor this bipartisan legislation that would authorize funding to improve school security. H.R. 4909 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 407-10 this afternoon.

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. The representatives underscored that the president has neglected to punish those responsible for meddling in the 2016 election from overseas and has done nothing to prevent future attacks, which the administration acknowledges are already underway.