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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.
McALLEN — A robbery attempt at a local jewelry store here inside La Plaza Mall has ended with seven people in custody, according to McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez.
Initial reports of shots being fired were incorrect and attributed to the sound of smashing glass cases during the incident, according to Rodriguez and Lt. Joel Morales of the McAllen Police Department.
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:
Amid a disaster, it's incumbent upon president, congressmen to put differences aside
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).
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.