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June 7, 2018
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WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Sister Norma Pimentel of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, urged Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (WI-01) to immediately bring a clean DREAM Act bill to the House Floor for a vote.

June 6, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement after the heartbreaking news that Tejano Music Legend and Grupo Mazz front man, Jimmy Gonzalez, had passed away in San Antonio, Texas:

June 6, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) visited El Salvador and Guatemala from Friday, May 25, 2018 to Saturday, June 2, 2018 with Sister Norma Pimentel, the Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. The delegation discussed ways the U.S.

June 6, 2018
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WASHINGTON— Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced a $1.5 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley through their Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Grant program.

Issues:Education
June 5, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) will sign Discharge Petition No. 10, forcing Congress to consider several solutions for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients.

June 5, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has issued the following statement in response to reports that Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was denied entry to an immigration detention center over the weekend in Brownsville, Texas:

June 1, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has issued the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump's decision to levy steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada, and Mexico:

May 30, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that Leonardo Flores, a student at Edinburg High School, is the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. This year's theme for the 15th District of Texas was ‘Home of the Brave,' a celebration of our men and women in uniform.

May 24, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez's (TX-15) amendment to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, passed the House. The amendment urges high schools with U.S. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) to include cybersecurity education in their coursework.

May 24, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Doug Collins (R-GA-09) introduced H.R. 5958, the Phair Pricing Act of 2018, to lower the cost of prescription medications for patients in the Medicare Part D program.