118th Congress
WASHINGTON – Last week, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) sent a letter to President Joe Biden raising questions regarding the Administration's promise to refill the over 180 million barrels of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
"Failing to replenish the SPR is a matter of national security and has paved the way for OPEC+ to manage the oil cycle undermining domestic producers and wasting a powerful non- monetary tool to fight inflation," Congressman Gonzalez states in the letter.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that four South Texas counties will receive $3,538,738.37 in revenue from offshore oil and gas production.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will receive two grants, worth $2,238,994 in total over a period of five years, from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is part of the Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program that strives to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) introduced H.R. 1804, The Honest Runway Labeling Act, which would designate certain airports within 30 miles of the northern or southern border, including Valley International Airport (HRL) in Harlingen, Texas, as ports of entry (POE), and terminate the corresponding airport's user fees.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation to permanently expand access to emergency medical care for Medicare, Tricare, and Medicaid beneficiaries.
WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 17, 2023, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-1), introduced H.R. 1613, the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act. This bipartisan legislation would end spread pricing in Medicaid programs, leading to low reimbursement rates for pharmacies, and lower health care costs artificially raised by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that local communities in the 34th District of Texas will receive a total of $21,277,764 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development's (CPD) annual formula grants.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) reintroduced H.R. 918, the Sgt. Fieldy Act, which would allow military working dogs to be buried in national and certain state veteran cemeteries. This bipartisan piece of legislation is co-sponsored by Republican Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17) and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that his office will begin accepting submission for the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. The deadline for submissions is April 14, 2023.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released the following statement after learning about the deaths of two of the four U.S. Citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on March 3, 2023: