Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today issued the following statement recognizing the 83rd Anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Social Security into law:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced today that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has received $1,480,002 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to stimulate the university's Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Program and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) wrote to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality expressing concerns with Post Oak Clean Green Inc.'s landfill permit application, which will be heard by the Commission tomorrow, Wednesday, August 8, 2018, in Austin.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter today to Ivanka Trump, First Daughter and Advisor to the President of the United States, with an invitation to visit the U.S.-Mexico Border, detention facilities, and children and families impacted by the administration's zero-tolerance policy after her statement that she is "vehemently against family separation," made earlier toda
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. Long, requesting that Duval County be added to DR-4377-FEMA, a Federal Disaster Declaration put in place after recent severe storms and flooding in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend.
MCALLEN, Texas – On Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) joined community banking and housing leaders to provide a legislative update and chart a path forward for business and community development in South Texas.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the City of McAllen, Texas, $2,006,000 in funding to improve drainage and rehabilitate existing terminals at the McAllen Miller International Airport.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump's threat to shut down the government if Congress does not appropriate border wall funding in the next federal spending bill.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is encouraging eligible applicants to apply for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security National Training Program/Continuing Training Grants (HSNTP/CTG).