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March 23, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement regarding his vote against the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2018. The House passed the bill on Thursday, March 22, 2018, by a vote of 256-167. The Senate advanced the measure by a vote of 65-32. President Donald J. Trump signed the funding package this afternoon.

Issues:Economy
March 22, 2018
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WASHINGTON— Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced today that they helped secure $97.5 million in the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Omnibus Appropriations bill for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Cattle Health Program, that includes $5 million specifically

March 20, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the explosion at a FedEx delivery facility in Schertz, Texas, that left one injured and is suspected to be connected to the serial bombings in Austin, Texas.

March 19, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) was inducted into the New Democrat Coalition, a group of 68 forward-thinking Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are committed to advancing pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies in Congress.

Issues:Economy
March 16, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04) along with several colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump demanding that funding for critical school safety and violence prevention programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) be restored.

March 14, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted in favor of H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018. The safety and well-being of students and teachers in the 15th District of Texas is a top priority for Congressman Gonzalez.

Issues:Education
March 13, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and 139 fellow House Democrats sent a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting that the administration impose sanctions against Russia required by H.R. 3364, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

March 12, 2018
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WASHINGTON—Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter urging U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, to support a pathway to citizenship for deported veterans. This comes in response to the Defense Secretary's recent statement that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients currently enlisted in the U.S.

March 9, 2018
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WASHINGTON— Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Filemon Vela (TX-34), Kevin Cramer (ND-01), Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Congresswomen Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging that he work to update and modernize – not withdraw the U.S.

March 7, 2018
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WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez sent a letter to every U.S. state governor calling on them to pardon veterans who are currently in deportation proceedings or have already been deported.