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May 14, 2025
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 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced his recent trip to El Salvador where he met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and toured several sites, including the country’s maximum-security prison, el Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo or CECOT.

May 2, 2025
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BROWNSVILLE, TX – On Friday May 2, 2025, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. Sophia C. Acevedo-Gomez, a 12th grade student at Veterans Memorial Early College High School in Brownsville, Texas, was the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. Acevedo-Gomez’s winning piece, “Unspoken Empathy” will be displayed in the U.S.

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April 29, 2025
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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) sent a letter to President Trump and FEMA Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton urging the administration to issue a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the Rio Grande Valley so that South Texans impacted by the March 2025 floods can receive essential federal assistance

April 28, 2025
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HARLINGEN, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) announced the introduction of the Border Airport Fairness Act

April 28, 2025
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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released the following statement regarding the recent news on Mexican water repayments.  

April 14, 2025
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that he led over 50 House Democrats in denouncing the Trump Administration’s decision to remove information on Sgt. Freddy Gonzalez from the Naval History and Heritage Command website. The letter brings attention to not only Sgt.

April 10, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released a statement following his vote against the Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res.

April 9, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released a statement reacting to San Benito’s own Freddy Fender’s induction into the 2025 Class of the National Recording Registry.

April 3, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released a statement following the Trump Administration’s implementation of a sweeping 10 percent across-the-board tariff on all imports and double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries which will hurt Americans by raising the price of virtually all goods.