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How effectively countries battle climate change will be decided in Scotland this week and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar will have a voice in deciding the best path forward. Read more »

By Representatives Veronica Escobar (D-T.X.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), AND Suzanne Bonamici (D- O.R.) If you read the headlines right now you might think Democrats can’t agree on anything — in fact, that could not be further from the truth. The real story is that congressional Democrats, from all parts of this country and from every conference in our Caucus, are almost unanimou... Read more »

This year's Latina Equal Pay Day is different for Latinas in Houston, El Paso, and across Texas. Our country is still grappling with the effects of a pandemic that took the lives of nearly 718,000 people and forced out at least 5.5 million women from the workforce. Our home state of Texas, ranking second for most COVID-19 deaths, is also trailing behind the rest of the country in closing the wage ... Read more »

"Las latinas todavía ganan aproximadamente 57 centavos por cada dólar que gana un hombre blanco no hispano. Esto significa que a las latinas les toma casi dos años alcanzar las ganancias generadas en un año por un hombre blanco no hispano". Read more »

By Lauren Villagran Even as the number of people seeking asylum at the southern border has grown, Congress has done little to change how the U.S. treats asylum seekers. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) on Tuesday introduced a bill, the "Re-imagining Asylum Processing Act," that proposes to overhaul how asylum claims are made and treated at the Southwest border. The bill would create five new... Read more »

By Justin Kree Congresswoman Veronica Escobar spoke virtually to the subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Land Thursday morning about turning the El Paso Community Healing Garden into a national memorial. “It was the deadliest attack of Latinos in modern American history,” Escobar said. The healing garden was unveiled at Ascarate Park on August 3, 2021, the two-year anniversary of t... Read more »

By Anthony Jackson Texas lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday toured the site on Fort Bliss where Afghan refugees are being housed. U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso; Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston; and Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, toured the Fort Bliss Doña Ana County Range Complex, dubbed Doña Ana Village, where nearly 10,000 Afghan refugees are housed. Their visit came more... Read more »

By Anthony Jackson Newly proposed district maps for Texas' congressional districts could separate Fort Bliss and the El Paso International Airport from future El Paso representatives. On Monday, Texas Republicans filed the first draft of a new state congressional map with the Texas Legislative Council that suggested moving Fort Bliss to the 23rd U.S. Congressional District, represented by U.S. Rep... Read more »

By Erin Coulehan El Paso’s own Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) is being honored by one of the world’s leading women’s publications. Escobar was named one of ELLE’s “Nine Latinx Women Changing the World” as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Other honorees include actress Rachel Zegler, author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, athlete SIlvia Vasquez-Lavado, and more. “Her experience naviga... Read more »

By Paul McLeary and Connor O’Brien The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to block states from using private funds to pay for National Guard deployments to other states, just months after one governor accepted private donations to send Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. During its deliberations on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, the panel approved the proposal fr... Read more »