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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's announcement to place National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is allocating over $23 million in Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Election Security Grant Program funding to the state of Texas for fiscal year 2018.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for Community Connect grants that fund broadband infrastructure projects in rural communities. The application period closes on Monday, May 14, 2018.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the deportation of U.S. Army veteran, Miguel Perez. Perez, a two-tour Afghanistan combat veteran, was deported to Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, March 26, 2018.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross' decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire.
Ever since the idea was floated out three months ago — to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census — it has provoked much opposition. Nevertheless, the Trump administration this week decided the question will be asked.
And that has us asking: Why?
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.
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
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.
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.