Press Releases

BROWNSVILLE – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will receive $598,870 from the U.S. Department of Education as part of their Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. The program provides funding to Hispanic Serving Institutions to expand educational opportunities and improve the attainment of Hispanic students.

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and Alex Mooney (WV-02) introduced H.R. 2568, the Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevation and Structures (IMAGES) Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would include property level detail in flood maps, so that individuals as well as governments can know with certainty their risk and proactively prepare for natural disasters.

WASHINGTON – Last week, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) sent a letter to President Joe Biden raising questions regarding the Administration's promise to refill the over 180 million barrels of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

"Failing to replenish the SPR is a matter of national security and has paved the way for OPEC+ to manage the oil cycle undermining domestic producers and wasting a powerful non- monetary tool to fight inflation," Congressman Gonzalez states in the letter.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that four South Texas counties will receive $3,538,738.37 in revenue from offshore oil and gas production.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will receive two grants, worth $2,238,994 in total over a period of five years, from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is part of the Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program that strives to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs).

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) introduced H.R. 1804, The Honest Runway Labeling Act, which would designate certain airports within 30 miles of the northern or southern border, including Valley International Airport (HRL) in Harlingen, Texas, as ports of entry (POE), and terminate the corresponding airport's user fees.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation to permanently expand access to emergency medical care for Medicare, Tricare, and Medicaid beneficiaries.

WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 17, 2023, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-1), introduced H.R. 1613, the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act. This bipartisan legislation would end spread pricing in Medicaid programs, leading to low reimbursement rates for pharmacies, and lower health care costs artificially raised by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).