Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $5,474,590 in grants from the American Rescue Plan to support airports in the 15th District of Texas recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $8 billion in Airport Rescue Grants will provide economic relief to airports around the country affected by the pandemic to keep workers employed, continue improvement projects and help our aviation industry recover.
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Alex Mooney (WV-02) introduced H.R. 4088, the Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevation and Structures (IMAGES) Act of 2021, to enhance the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which provides affordable premiums for homeowners by reforming a critical missing piece from flood maps.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the news of South Texas College's decision to forgive $2 million in student debt:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced an award of $4,415,085 for the Hidalgo County Head Start Program as part of the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan provided $1 billion for early childhood development and educational programs.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following Governor Greg Abbott's border wall press conference:
"This misrepresentation of our border community needs to end. I oppose any wall that is an ineffective and waste of taxpayer dollars. We need to be investing in technology to effectively safeguard the border instead of a medieval wall that has been overcome by ladders.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $179,999 in National Science Foundation (NSF) awards for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). This federal award will jumpstart the "RUI: Point Configurations in Euclidean Spaces, Spheres, and Discrete Spaces" project which willstudy scientific shapes and formations under certain conditions.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $480,000 in federal funding for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's (UTRGV) Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Program awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
WASHINGTON-Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the Department to optimize and maximize their outreach to educate and encourage rural and underserved Americans to get vaccinated.
This comes as President Biden has declared June as "COVID-19 Vaccine Month of Action" in order to accomplish the goal of vaccinating 70% of eligible Americans by July 4.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to develop a plan to resume non-essential travel between land ports of entry. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimates that 30 to 40 percent of border cities', such as McAllen, Texas, retail activity can be attributed to Mexican Nationals.