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WASHINGTON –On Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the House passage of H.R. 3401, an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the humanitarian crises at the border:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) had an amendment included in H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2020, that seeks to reduce the hiring time for immigration judges. The base text of the measure supports hiring up to 100 additional immigration judges, support personnel and associated facilities.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and David Schweikert (AZ-6) co-led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging the Trump Administration to exclude a "seasonality" provision from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Gonzalez today issued a statement in response to the Mission Police officer who was shot and killed the evening of Thursday, June 20:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the 15th District of Texas was awarded $243,890 in AmeriCorps funding. The OneStar Foundation, Texas's National Service Commission, announced ChildFund International USA as the recipient of the grants.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) secured crucial language in H.R. 3167, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reauthorization Act of 2019, a House Financial Services Committee bill that would reauthorize the NFIP, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for five years. The bill passed 59 to 0.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) a $400,000 grant for their Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) Program.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Dr. Roger Marshall (KS-01), Peter Welch (VT-At Large) and Buddy Carter (GA-01) introduced H.R. 3223, the Pharmacy Benefit Manger Accountability Study Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON – Following the introduction of H.R. 3182, a bill to delay the FASB implementation of the CECL methodology, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez issued the following statement:
McAllen, TX – The office of Congressman Vicente Gonzalez in conjunction with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's ROTC program will host the first-ever Service Academy Day for high school students and recent graduates of the 15th Congressional District of Texas. Students will learn about the admissions process for the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S.