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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced that he was a proud original cosponsor of the bipartisan I Am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021, which seeks to reform the military’s response to sexual violence.
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) voted in favor of H.R. 2668, The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act. This critical legislation restores the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to get victimized consumers and businesses their money back from scammers and other lawbreakers, an authority the Supreme Court gutted earlier this year.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter to President Joseph R. Biden to bring awareness to the Mexican government's efforts that undermine the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and substantial U.S. investments in energy infrastructure on both sides of the border.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) released a statement following the decision by a Texas federal judge’s decision to stop approving new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
61,000 Households, Covering 94.5% Of All Children, in the 15th District of Texas Could Get Up to $300 Per Child Every Month Beginning This July as Part of American Rescue Plan Act Congressman Gonzalez
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced a grant of $4,200,000 for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) from
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today issued a statement in support of the recent efforts by Texas Legislators to protect the voting rights of Texans:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced today a combined $13,067,900 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the El Oso Water Supply Corporation in Kenedy, Texas.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in support of the peaceful protests in Cuba:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Don Young (AK-AL) reintroduced the Repatriate Our Patriots Act (ROPA), bipartisan legislation that would create a pathway to citizenship for deported veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Amid the partial federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump tweeted an ultimatum Friday morning directed at Congress: Fund his promised border wall or the United States-Mexico border will “close.”
“Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border …” one of Trump’s four tweets about the border said in part.
MISSION, RGV – There appears to widespread support in South Texas for congressional passage of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON - Thursday, the Republican-led house approved a package with Pr
Carlos Jaime Torres, who volunteered to join the Army during the Vietnam War, will be laid to rest with full military honors Thursday at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission. His burial will achieve in death what he had been unable to do since being deported: return to the U.S., the country he called home.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement after learning of the death of deported Vietnam War Army Veteran, Carlos Torres.
Texas lawmakers have introduced legislation that seeks to help border counties better identify the remains of missing migrants and alleviate the associated costs.
MCALLEN, RGV – U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez have spoken about their attendance of the inauguration of Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The two South Texas congressmen were part of a large delegation of U.S. dignitaries, headed by Vice President Mike Pence, to attend the event, which took place on Saturday, Dec. 1.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and the small contingent of members who oppose her are both heading into Wednesday’s leadership elections knowing she’ll emerge as the caucus’s nominee for speaker.
Nine Democratic members of the Problem Solvers Caucus are urging House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to back three rules changes as she aims to drum up enough support to take over the Speakership in the next Congress.
As expected, U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, was one 16 House Democrats to sign a letter made public on Monday opposing their party’s leader, Nancy Pelosi, to be the next house speaker.
