This week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) is inviting El Pasoans to share their opinion about the federal minimum wage and Congressional Democrats’ proposal to gradually raise the federal minimum wage to increase $15 per hour by 2025 as part of President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan. Through this provision, the minimum wage would increase to $9.50 an hour this year, then… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 447, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would create nearly 1 million new apprenticeship opportunities on top of the current expected growth of the apprenticeship system. It would also yield $10.6 billion in net benefits to U.S. taxpayers in the form of increased workers productivity and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H. Con. Res. 11, FY 2021 Budget Resolution. This budget resolution is a key tool to accelerate passing the robust coronavirus (COVID-19) relief that El Paso families, workers, and small businesses need to combat the pandemic and strengthen the economy.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis has devastated our community, and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted for H.R. 133, the fiscal year 2021 appropriations omnibus agreement which includes a $900 billion bipartisan emergency coronavirus relief package.
“The effects of the coronavirus pandemic in El Paso have been catastrophic and deeply painful: over 1,300 El Pasoans have died, more than 8,000 filed for unemployment in November, and 1 in 5… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act. This job-creating legislation launches the research and development needed to unleash a clean energy revolution, makes a down-payment in modernizing American’s energy innovation infrastructure and puts our country on the path to achieving net-zero pollution by 2050.
This… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has benefited 6,358 El Paso businesses and organizations and retained 83,773 jobs in Texas’ 16th Congressional District so far during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The Paycheck Protection Program provides a lifeline to struggling El Paso businesses and the… Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar released a report with the results of an online survey on the TWC.
The online survey asked El Pasoans that have been terminated, laid off, furloughed, or otherwise separated from their employer due to the coronavirus pandemic to rate their experience with the TWC unemployment application process and to provide feedback on any problems they encountered. Read more »
The $1.5 trillion Plan to Rebuild American Infrastructure Includes Congresswoman Escobar’s Amendments to Improve Infrastructure in El Paso Colonias
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. This sweeping legislation invests more than $1.5 trillion to rebuild America’s infrastructure while creating millions of good-paying… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) invited El Pasoans to share their experiences applying for unemployment benefits through the Texas Workforce Commission. The online survey asks El Pasoans to rate their experience with the application process and to provide feedback on any problems they encountered.
Over 300 El Pasoans have already responded to the online survey, which was… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Senator Jose Rodriguez (SD-29), and the North American Development Bank (NADB) announced a temporary financing program in response to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The program, which was approved by Board of Directors of the NADB on May 22, 2020, will support projects that have both environmental benefits and direct… Read more »
