This morning, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) spoke twice during a House Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCON-VA) Subcommittee hearing. Testifying at today’s subcommittee hearing were Doug Collins, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Richard Topping, Assistant Secretary of Management and Chief Financial… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCON-VA) Appropriations bill, which advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee with unanimous bipartisan support.
The FY2027 MILCON-VA bill provides $481 billion overall, including $157 billion in discretionary funding for… Read more »
This afternoon, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) spoke on the bipartisan wins included in the Fiscal Year 2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill on the House floor ahead of the final vote for the legislation.
The video can be found here and a transcript can be found below:
Congresswoman Escobar: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement on the passage of the DHS funding bill:
"For over two months, Democrats pushed legislation to avoid the DHS shutdown - a bill identical to the Senate bill that passed 34 days ago.
"House Republicans finally put this long-overdue bill on the floor to fund the Department of Homeland Security without… Read more »
This afternoon, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) provided opening remarks at the the FY2026 Budget Resolution at the House of Representatives Committee on Rules, which begins the Senate-led reconciliation process.
The video can be found here and a (lightly edited) transcript has been provided below:
Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Fox: Miss Escobar, you're… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted against the hypocritical Republican effort to amend the Constitution and balance the federal budget offered by the party which voted to add trillions to our national debt in the last year alone.
“If Republicans — who control every lever of the federal government — truly wanted to balance the federal budget, they… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) signed the discharge petition to fully fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, and other DHS agencies:
“We all want to ensure DHS personnel like TSA, FEMA, CISA and Coast Guard and others get paid. We only need three Republicans to sign onto our bill to get these hard working employees paid.
“Meanwhile, with an unprecedented $191 billion… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that 13 of her Community Project Funding (CPF) requests have been signed into law. Through this year’s appropriations cycle, the Congresswoman was able to bring back $15 million to El Paso to support critical local priorities including water infrastructure, cancer research, public safety communications, and economic development projects… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement on the DHS funding bill:
“I support funding the Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and other agencies under DHS, which is why I have instead signed on to a bill that provides a full appropriation for all of DHS excluding ICE and Border Patrol. ICE and Border Patrol have more than enough funding… Read more »
Last week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined over 80 House and Senate Democrats - led by Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7) and Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-5), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)… Read more »
