Press Releases

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.

"With these improvements, more businesses and travelers will continue to take off and land in the 15th District of Texas," Congressman Gonzalez said. "I look forward to seeing our airport and the surrounding communities in Hidalgo County thrive."

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.

"Government shutdowns halt valuable government services that so many hardworking Americans, senior citizens, and veterans rely on," Congressman Gonzalez said. "No wall is worth letting our fellow Americans' health, well-being, and livelihoods hang in the balance. Enough is enough."

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). These grants develop and deliver innovative training programs that are national in scope and play an important role in the implementation of the National Preparedness System.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez's (TX-15) amendment encouraging high schools with U.S. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) to add cybersecurity coursework was included in the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 5519, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The House adopted the Conference Report by a vote of 359-54 on Thursday, July 26, 2018. The Report now heads to the Senate for consideration.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman's denial of the administration's motion to dismiss a lawsuit from states and advocacy groups regarding the reinstatement of a citizenship question to the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is encouraging Hidalgo County residents that suffered temporary or permanent job loss, as a result of recent severe storms and flooding from June 19 to July 13, 2018, to apply for available Disaster Unemployment Assistance, offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Recently, after Texas' Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend suffered severe storms and flooding, the President announced a Federal Disaster Declaration, DR-4377-FEMA, after multiple requests from Congressman Gonzalez.

WASHINGTON – Recently, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) spoke on the House Floor to condemn the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over reports of the mistreatment and abuse of children at the Shiloh Residential Treatment Center.