Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) introduced the Binational Health Strategies Act of 2020. The legislation is designed to protect border communities against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by amending the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to direct the U.S.-Mexico Border Heath Commission to assemble a report on COVID-19 response along the border and… Read more »
BY REPS. VERONICA ESCOBAR (D-TEXAS), ROSA DELAURO (D-CONN.), JAN SCHAKOWSKY (D-ILL.), AND EARL BLUMENAUER (D-ORE.)
The United States and Mexico have both been slammed by the COVID-19 pandemic with more than six million U.S. cases and 185,000 deaths and Mexico surging to 606,000 cases, the eighth highest in the world. Yet amidst this global health crisis, Mexico’s Congress recently… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urging them to work on a binational strategy to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that includes identical testing and tracing policies, and resources to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect border communities.
The letter, which was sent… Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar voted for H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. This legislation builds on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to lower health costs and prescription drug prices for all El Pasoans. Today’s vote comes days after the Trump administration filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the ACA. Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar announced that El Paso health care providers have been awarded over $33 million in federal funding to assist with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response. The funding was distributed to over 400 health care providers in Texas’ 16th Congressional District. 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 »
Congresswoman Escobar hosted a virtual conversation, themed “What Does the El Paso Region Need to do to Aggressively Combat COVID-19?” with two nationally recognized public health experts and more than 70 government, business and civic leaders from the Paso del Norte region. Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted for H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act, an urgently-needed package to address the unprecedented coronavirus health and economic crisis, protect the lives and livelihoods of El Pasoans, and the life of our democracy.
“The coronavirus crisis is unprecedented: 43 El Pasoans have died from COVID-19, almost 60,000 people in our region have lost their… Read more »
Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) led more than 155 of their colleagues in calling on House Democratic leadership to ensure that any future COVID-19 relief packages reject Republican efforts to diminish access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
“As proud members of the first pro-choice majority in… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Cindy Stout, CEO and President of El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) announced that EPCH has been awarded a total of $1,500,000 in federal grant funding to assist with the impact of incurring additional expenses for the care of young coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, stoppage of elective procedures, unreimbursed expenses, and lost revenues due to… Read more »
