Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted in support of H.R. 7900, the Fiscal Year 2023National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), bipartisan legislation that gives service members and civilian personnel a raise, invests in future capabilities, and bolsters national security while making quality of life improvements for military families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted to send S. 3373, the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or Honoring Our PACT Act, back to the U.S. Senate for final passage.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted for H.R. 1224, the Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022, taking further action to keep our communities safe.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) attended a White House ceremony on the South Lawn, commemorating the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, where he heard from Uvalde Pediatrician Dr. Roy Guerrero, former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield Jr., who lost his mother in the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY, Vice President Kamala Harris, and President Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the tragic death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez celebrated two Rio Grande Valley trailblazers being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden during a ceremony at the White House.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $123,736,526 in final Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Title I allocations for Local Education Agencies (LEA) in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education has released the final formula allocations for these funds, which were preliminarily announced in March 2022.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that South and Central Texas school districts in the 15th District of Texas will receive a total of $10,819,459 in Title I funding for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The U.S. Department of Education has released the final formula allocations for these funds to Local Education Agencies (LEA), which were preliminarily announced in March.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the Community Council of South Central Texas, Inc. will receive $1,311,302 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This grant will bolster Head Start and Early Head Start programs that many families rely on.
McALLEN, Texas – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced the first class of Service Academy graduates from the 15th District of Texas. Congressman Gonzalez nominated these individuals in 2018 and they subsequently accepted offers to attend the U.S. Service Academies. These academies include the: U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (West Point); U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.; U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; and U.S.