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December 9, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) joined a first of its kind virtual bipartisan delegation, hosted by the Council of the Americas, that brought some 40 representatives of American and Mexican companies together to discuss trade and investment between the two countries. Congressman Gonzalez was joined by Congressmen Jodey Arrington and Rick Crawford.

December 8, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following the statement regarding the independent review conducted by the Army after the tragic deaths of Spc. Vanessa Guillénand Sgt. Elder Fernandes at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Fort Hood was found to have multiple soldier disappearances, homicides, sexual assaults and deaths at Fort Hood over the past few years.

December 7, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement regarding the appointment of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead incoming President Joe Biden's Health and Human Services (HHS) Department.

December 4, 2020

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is encouraging those in the 15th District of Texas to participate in the United States Postal Service (USPS)'s Operation Santa. Operation Santa is a USPS program that allows children to send their Christmas list to Santa so they have a possibility for their wishes to come true. Operation Santa is celebrating its 108th year and for the first time the program will be accepting letters from cities from across the country.

December 3, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Donations Acceptance Program (DAP) Reauthorization Act of 2020. The Donations Acceptance Program enables U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to explore, create and facilitate partnerships for improvements on port of entry infrastructures and technology, with the investment made by the local entities.

November 27, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement:

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Will Hurd (TX-23) introduced H.R. 8772 or the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of Act of 2020, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that will improve local jurisdictions' ability to record and report missing persons and unidentified remains found in South Texas and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border.

November 19, 2020

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and representative of a district on the Texas – Mexico border, issued the following statement:

November 17, 2020

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs made the following statement:

November 16, 2020

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and 18 other Members of Congress requested Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar allocate unused Provider Relief Fund monies as soon as possible to provide Assisted Living Facilities with much needed support.

Senior living center operators have received a fraction of the relief needed and continue to sustain heavy financial losses while caring for a vulnerable population. COVID-related losses total roughly $15 billion for these care centers.