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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) introduced H.R. 3653, the Charity and Relief in Disarray and Distress (CARIDAD) Act, which would amend the U.S. Code to allow an officer or employee of the U.S.

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) urged President Trump to declare the Rio Grande Valley a federal disaster area in response to severe flooding and rain in recent weeks. South Texas Congressmen Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Filemon Vela (TX-34) and U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz (R-TX) also asked the president to support the declaration.

WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in response to federal financial agencies excluding independent and community banks from the Volcker rule:

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed him to serve on the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group (IPG) for the 116th Congress.

The U.S.-Mexico IPG is comprised of members of the U.S. and Mexican Congresses tasked with fostering dialogue and maintaining positive bilateral relations.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 3375, a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act which would crackdown on the scourge of illegal robocalls.

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $ 11,851,533 in final Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals in June 2019.

WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced a $149,985 grant awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) for their Agroecology Professional Development Institute (APDI).

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $99,673,712 in final totals for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals earlier this month.