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February 15, 2019
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EL PASO, Texas – Two groups representing El Paso County and the Border Network for Human Rights say they will file a lawsuit against President Trump over his decision to declare a national emergency.

The national emergency will allow the Trump administration to build a border wall without congressional approval.

February 14, 2019
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that President Donald J. Trump will be signing an emergency declaration to fund a border wall on the U.S.-Mexico Border – directly impacting the 15th District of Texas.

February 14, 2019
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WASHINGTON – Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Filemon Vela (TX-34) issued the following statement on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 funding agreement:

February 13, 2019
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WASHINGTON (WHAM) - Rep. Tom Reed is among 11 members of Congress who are proposing a bill to fund hiring additional school resource officers.

Issues:Education
February 12, 2019
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U.S. Congressman Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, is reviving a bill he filed last session that aims to end the deportation of U.S. veterans.

February 12, 2019
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WASHINGTON – Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and Don Young (AK-At Large) have reintroduced the Repatriate Our Patriots Act (H.R. 1078), bipartisan legislation that would create a pathway to citizenship for deported veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

February 6, 2019
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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.

February 5, 2019
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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.

Issues:Education
February 5, 2019
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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.

February 1, 2019
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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.