(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy:
“For over a year, the Trump administration’s dangerous ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy has been a stain on the rule of law and our nation’s conscience. Today’s decision affirms its… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment at today’s Member Day hearing.
Congresswoman Escobar highlighted El Paso’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020. The WRDA is essential to our country’s water… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), testified before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee at today’s Member Day hearing.
Congresswoman Escobar highlighted El Paso’s appropriations priorities for Fiscal Year 2021 as it relates to the Department of Homeland Security. Click here to watch a video of her remarks and read… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision today in Hernández v. Mesa, blocking relief to Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca’s family and families of future cross-border shooting victims:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision denies justice to the family of Sergio Hernández, an unarmed teenager from Ciudad… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following after the U.S. Department of Defense notified Congress it will reprogram $3.8 billion of military funds to build President Trump’s border wall:
“President Trump claims to love our military but his latest attempt to steal critical funding from our troops… Read more »
(Munich, Germany) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined a congressional delegation led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the 2020 Munich Security Conference, NATO Headquarters and to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.
“As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Freshman Co-Representative to Leadership, it is a… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Vice Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on her vote in support of H.J.Res. 79, a bipartisan resolution that would remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
“As our nation continues to celebrate the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Hoy, la Congresista Veronica Escobar de Texas, dio la respuesta demócrata en español al discurso del Estado de la Unión del Presidente Donald Trump. A continuación la trascripción completa de su discurso:
Congresista Escobar. Buenas noches. Soy la congresista Veronica Escobar y estoy orgullosa de representar a El Paso, Texas.
Es un honor dirigirme… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of Texas, today delivered the Democratic Spanish language response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. Click here to read in Spanish. Below is a translation of her full remarks:
Veronica Escobar. Good evening. I’m Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and I’m proud to represent El Paso,… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security expanded the Migrant Protection Protocols policy, commonly known as “Remain in Mexico” to Brazilian citizens:
“Today, one year after the Trump administration announced the implementation of the dangerous and unlawful Remain in Mexico policy, DHS… Read more »
