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December 1, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today issued the following statement in response to the passing of the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush:

November 29, 2018

WASHINGTON— Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement after a conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding border wall funding:

November 29, 2018

WASHINGTON— Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and ten other Democratic members sent a letter expressing their opposition to Leader Schumer's recent comments establishing Senate Democrats' starting negotiating position of $1.6 billion for a border wall.

November 28, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue has approved a Secretarial disaster designation for the following counties in the 15th District of Texas: Duval, primary; Brooks, contiguous; Jim Hogg, contiguous; and Live Oak, contiguous.

Issues:Agriculture
November 28, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today issued the following statement after Leader Pelosi offered her support for Rules reform in the 116th Congress.

November 26, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump in response to the allocation of taxpayer dollars for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to construct a six-mile levee system in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.

November 23, 2018

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) was honored to celebrate this Thanksgiving with the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed overseas. Congressman Gonzalez traveled with a bipartisan congressional delegation to visit troops at bases in Kuwait in the Middle East and Djibouti in Africa. Last year, the congressman spent Thanksgiving with U.S.

November 19, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is encouraging eligible applicants in the Cameron and Hidalgo Counties to apply for an available Partnership Specialist position with the U.S. Census Bureau.

November 15, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a loan of $50,000,000 to San Miguel Electric Cooperative.

November 14, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has started accepting applications for Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FP&S) for Fiscal Year 2018.

Issues:Economy