Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that a total of 10 submissions were received for the Congressional App Challenge (CAC) from the 15th District of Texas. The CAC is a district-wide competition to encourage middle school and high school students from each Congressional district to learn to code and inspire them to pursue careers in computer science and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $1,243,658 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs for a five-year program called Project PLEASE (Program for Leaders to Educate and Advocate for Special Education) at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Project PLEASE will train 14 district educators from the Rio Grande Valley to administer special education and early intervention programs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue approved a Secretarial disaster area designation on November 6, 2019 for the following counties in the 15th District of Texas: Karnes, primary; and contiguous, Live Oak, Wilson, Duval. With this designation, those affected by recent drought are qualified to be considered for Farm Service Agency (FSA) assistance, including loans.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement on Twitter urging Mexico and the United States to include security in discussions for the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Security for cross-border commerce and tourism remains a major concern for Congressman Gonzalez as Mexican highways are vulnerable to crime.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) released a statement following the testimony of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the first day of public impeachment hearings before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $374,580 in federal funds for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to help small rural businesses across South Texas increase economic development. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development grant program which is designed to help businesses that have fewer than 50 new workers and gross less than $1 million in revenue in rural areas.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that federal funds amounting to $1,493,168 were distributed to schools throughout the 15th District of Texas thanks to the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act. The STOP School Violence Act funded evidence-based school violence preventing programming, mental health crisis intervention, and suicide prevention through the Bureau of Justice program, and school infrastructure under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) published an editorial urging Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to accept the United States' offer of help to secure the country. On Tuesday, November 5, a massacre of nine people, women and children, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua highlighted the increasing stranglehold of Mexican cartels in parts of the country and the nation's inability to combat them.