Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted in favor of H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill includes the VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act which will add the Rural Housing Voucher program to the list of covered housing programs under the Reauthorization Act spearheaded by Congressman Gonzalez.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) reintroduced the VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act, which will add the Rural Housing Voucher program to the list of covered housing programs under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez announced $1,179,382 was allocated to San Marcos and New Braunfels by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD). The cities received allocations from Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced he helped to secure $920,367,000 in federal funds as part of the American Rescue Plan for Rio Grande Valley Title I schools in the 15th District of Texas.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced he helped secure $125,273,000 in federal funds as part of the American Rescue Plan for Central and South Texas Title I schools in the 15th District of Texas.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that he helped secure more than $120 million with the passage of the COVID-19 relief package The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Central and South Texas. The package would provide approximately $124,063,667.86 in federal COVID-19 relief funding to cities and counties throughout the 15th District of Texas.
These funds will be used to help these communities recover from the devastation of the pandemic.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that he helped secure more than $380 million with the passage of the COVID-19 relief package The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The package would provide approximately $380,708,022.26 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding to cities and counties throughout South Texas. These funds will be used to help these communities recover from the devastating effects that the pandemic has had on local economies and livelihoods.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter requesting to meet with President Joe Biden, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Acting Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Norris Cochran about the adoption of common sense solutions to relieve border agents and communities bearing the brunt of the recent influx of migrants.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack approved a secretarial disaster area designation on March 1, 2021 for the following counties in the 15th District of Texas: Hidalgo and Duval, primary; and contiguous, Brooks, Jim Hogg, and Live Oak. With this designation, those affected by the recent winter weather are qualified to be considered for Farm Service Agency (FSA) assistance, including loans.