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July 8, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 3375, a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act which would crackdown on the scourge of illegal robocalls.

July 2, 2019

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $ 11,851,533 in final Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals in June 2019.

Issues:Education
July 1, 2019

WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced a $149,985 grant awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) for their Agroecology Professional Development Institute (APDI).

Issues:Education
July 1, 2019

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $99,673,712 in final totals for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals earlier this month.

Issues:Education
June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the House passage of H.R. 3401, the Senate version of the emergency supplemental appropriations bill that seeks to address the humanitarian crisis at the border:

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott declaring a state of disaster in the Rio Grande Valley following the severe flooding in recent days:

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on the case of U.S. Department of Commerce v. New York:

June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) joined the bipartisan Public Broadcasting Caucus. He joins the Caucus Chair Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) and more than 100 other members of Congress who believe the federal government has a responsibility to support public broadcasting.

June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON –On Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the House passage of H.R. 3401, an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the humanitarian crises at the border:

June 25, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) had an amendment included in H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2020, that seeks to reduce the hiring time for immigration judges. The base text of the measure supports hiring up to 100 additional immigration judges, support personnel and associated facilities.