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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.
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).