Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in reaction to the Trump Administration's decision to lift sanctions on Turkey:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) released the following statement regarding the decision by the President of the United States to withdraw U.S. military troops and personnel in Syria:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the McAllen International Airport was awarded two Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) totaling $16,680,726.
The Airport Improvement Program provides grants to public agencies for the planning and development of public-use airports. These federal funds will be used to cover 90 percent of costs for the storm water management system improvements at the McAllen International Airport.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that Vanguard Academy Charter Schools received a School Climate Transformation Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Vanguard Academy Charter Schools was awarded $739,887 for a period of five years, which will total $3,699,435.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced Seguin Independent School District (ISD) was awarded a School Climate Transformation Grant by the U.S. Department of Education. Seguin ISD was awarded $750,000 for a period of five years, which will total $3,750,000.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Department of Education awarded $2,636,705 to IDEA Public Schools under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR)– Early-Phase Program. The grant will be used to implement the Mathways to STEM Success program which will promote STEM education and serve more the 43,000 high-need students in grades 6 through 12.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $24,875 in federal funding for the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The grant will help fund the Biochar-Geomedia Water Filter project that will create a low-cost prototype water filter to treat lead and other chemicals in drinking water.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) announcement that it will issue a waiver, which would expedite the construction of new border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley Sector:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in support of the formal impeachment inquiry:
"I am deeply disturbed by the documents disclosed by the White House today. The documents detail the President of the United States seeking political and personal gain through an investigation by foreign powers. The context in which these statements were made is as telling as the statements themselves.