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September 19, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) thanks House appropriators for including an extension for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the

September 19, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) has awarded $1,044,198 and $1,202,024 for Fiscal Year 2018 to Edinburg and Pharr, Texas, respectively.

Issues:Economy
September 19, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is encouraging eligible applicants in the 15th District of Texas to apply for available Recruiting Assistant positions for the 2020 Decennial Census.

September 14, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is monitoring weather conditions in the 15th District of Texas given weather predictions of heavy rain expected over the weekend that could cause flooding in Central and South Texas.

September 12, 2018

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is inviting all eligible high school students in the 15th District of Texas to apply for a nomination to attend the United States service academies beginning in Fall 2019.

September 11, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in remembrance of the events that took place on September 11, 2001.

September 11, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the City of Edinburg a $1,288,821 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant.

Issues:Economy
September 11, 2018

WASHINGTON –Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue's is included Duval and Jim Hogg Counties in a Secretarial Disaster Designation to provide farm operators eligibility and access to recovery assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA).

September 10, 2018

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) recently returned from a bipartisan congressional delegation to Asia, headed by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05).