Press Releases

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS– Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) will travel with President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to Brownsville, Texas, where they will both meet with U.S.

SANTA ROSA, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released the following statement regarding the decision by the Board of Directors of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc., to shut down operations after more than 50 years.   

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced a $4.5 million federal award to Valley International Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The award comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Air Terminal Program fiscal year 2024 funds that improve outdated airport infrastructure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) joined nine Democratic Member of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden in response to the administration’s decision to halt pending and future approvals of LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) exportsto non-free trade agreement countries until the U.S. Department of Energy updates their authorization process.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced the fifth iteration of his annual Valentines for Vets program. Following the success of years past, the Congressman’s office will collect and distribute Valentine's Day cards from constituents and students of Texas’ 34th Congressional District to veterans and frontline workers in the community.

MERCEDES, TEXAS – On Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) presented a World War II veteran’s family with his lost medals and military records. Previously, the family of Private First Class Francisco Gonzalez had for years attempted to recover any of the veteran’s records after they were mostly lost in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  
  
Congressman Gonzalez’s office was able to finally secure them for Private Gonzalez’s family after they requested his help through casework services.  
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) voted in favor of House Resolution 957 which condemned the national security and public safety crisis happening along the Southern Border. Congressman Gonzalez was joined by 13 Democratic Members of Congress in support of this resolution.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted to pass Congressman Vicente Gonzalez’s (TX-34) bill H.R. 803, the Pressure Regulatory Organizations to End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act, or the PROTECT Taiwan Act.