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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the City of Pharr to build a facility that will be used by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to expand its School of Nursing.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced nearly $4 million in emergency funding for Texas Lutheran University under the American Rescue Plan. The funding will help local higher education institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the influx of migrants at the border and immigration reform. Congressman Gonzalez was the only member in attendance who represents the U.S. – Mexico border.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez encouraged residents of the 15th District of Texas to utilize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) emergency broadband program. The FCC program provides a temporary discount on monthly broadband (high-speed internet) bills for qualifying low-income households.
WASHINGTON – In honor of Police Week, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) honored law enforcement officers from South Texas who fell in the line of duty in the year 2020 on the House Floor. The Congressman honored police officers and Border Patrol agents who bravely gave their lives to protect their communities.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced more than $175 million in emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in the Rio Grande Valley under the American Rescue Plan. The funding will help local institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely.
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WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez has announced that the Center for Mental Health Services has awarded $125,000 to Tropical Texas Behavioral Health. Funding will be used to expand mental health services.
WASHINGTON - Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar today announced that the U.S. Department of Education’s Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program has awarded $88,160 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
PHARR, Texas - The Pharr International Bridge is the largest full-service crossing bridge in the Rio Grande Valley.
Billions of dollars in trade flow across the bridge annually and officials say there is room for growth.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez is encouraging eligible applicants to apply for community development grants from Texas Rural Communities, Inc. (TRC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency.
McALLEN — A step toward a new North American Free Trade Agreement early last week was dealt a setback Saturday with President Donald Trump threatening to terminate the two-decade old treaty that transformed the Rio Grande Valley.
MEXICO CITY — Congressional Democrats on Thursday called for hearings into the government’s policy of denying U.S. passports to Hispanic Americans along the U.S.-Mexico border and questioning the citizenship of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Americans.
Vicente Gonzalez : Congressman Gonzalez Invites U.S. Trade Representative to Engage Latino Lawmakers
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today sent a letter with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) inviting U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer to discuss the administration's trade policy.
WASHINGTON - Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar have announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $100,000 to South Texas College (STC) in McAllen, Texas for workforce and economic development.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez has announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has awarded a $7,231,095 continuation grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) initiative.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez today announced that the National Institute of Aging, under the direction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute of Health, has awarded $657,603 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research.
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Congressman Gonzalez (TX-15) wishes all those who celebrate, a Happy Holidays! And to the family members, friends, and neighbors deployed overseas, thank you for your service during the holiday season.
Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving gives us the chance to reunite with our loved ones and give thanks—not only for the opportunities we have been given, but for one another as well.
Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) gives a Veterans Day message to all the brave men and women who have selflessly served our nation.