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MCALLEN, RGV – The crisis is not at the border, but in the Central American countries; most of the drugs go through international bridges, and 67 percent of the people who are illegally in the United States entered with a legal permit such as visa.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $11,860,322 in preliminary Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for Local Educational Agencies (LEA) in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education will release final totals in June 2019.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to tonight's State of the Union address from President Donald J. Trump.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the Administration's announcement to begin withdrawal processes from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has cosponsored H.R. 141, the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation that would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) titles of the Social Security Act. H.R. 141 would eliminate unfair social security benefit reductions for millions of Americans after a lifetime of public service.
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, has co-sponsored a resolution that would work to reimburse federal contractors' lost wages, according to a news release.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has cosponsored H.R. 824, The Fairness for Federal Contractors Act, bipartisan legislation that would compensate federal contractors for wages lost due to the recent government shutdown. H.R. 824 would provide backpay of up to $1,400 per week for affected contractors.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced his subcommittee assignments for the 116th Congress. The congressman serves on the House Financial Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee.
As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Gonzalez will serve on:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in support of the congressional conference committee seeking long-term funding solutions for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement following a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that the Trump Shutdown cost the U.S. economy $11 billion from Q4 of 2018 to Q1 to 2019. The report states that $3 billion was lost permanently.