Press Releases

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. troops stationed in Afghanistan.

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.

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.

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.

These grants support fire prevention and firefighter safety research and development projects. The application period opened Monday, November 12, 2018 at 5 p.m. EST and will end on Friday, December 21, 2018.

WASHINGTON— Today, Congressmen Vincente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced over $88.4 million in federal awards for South Texas financially disadvantaged students and Hispanic education. This funding comes from the U.S. Department of Education's Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP). The awards will be allocated to the Region One Education Service Center (ESC) and Vanguard Academy Charter School to fund three educational programs over a seven-year period.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) recently submitted official correspondence to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in response to the agency's public comment period.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement encouraging residents of the 15th District of Texas, and every American, to exercise their civic duty to vote.

"It has been almost 250 years since our forefathers declared that this nation's democracy derives its ‘powers from the consent of the governed.' I can think of no better way to honor our founders or the countless men and women who have paid the ultimate price defending that legacy than by voting. By casting your ballot, you are doing your part to ensure that our democracy endures."

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to Saturday's shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.