Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) submitted a statement for the record to the House Appropriations Committee for their Member Day hearing. In her written testimony, Congresswoman Escobar advocated for necessary funding to help provide transparency and accountability in policing in El Paso.
Read her written testimony as submitted to the Committee below:
Thank you, Chairwoman,… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that El Paso colleges, universities, and students will receive a combined total of $142,699,737 in coronavirus relief funding from the American Rescue Plan.
The funding will help local institutions and students recover from the severe financial challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and ensure learning… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Chief Executive Officer of Centro San Vicente Dr. Christina Paz, Chief Executive Officer of Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe Salvador Balcorta, and Project Vida Co-Director Bill Schlesinger announced that El Paso Community Health Centers will be awarded a combined total of $12,650,875 from the American Rescue Plan.
The funding will allow El Paso… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass the American Rescue Plan Act and send it to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. This comprehensive bill delivers critical relief to El Paso families and small businesses, will lift millions out of poverty, and accelerates vaccination efforts to finally defeat the virus.
“One year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic swept… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Chief Executive Officer of Centro San Vicente (CSV) Dr. Christina Paz announced that CSV has been selected for the second phase of the Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) program for COVID-19 vaccination.
The FQHCs program, announced by President Joe Biden on February 9, 2021, will directly allocate COVID-19 vaccines to Centro… Read more »
Early this morning, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which implements President Joe Biden’s urgently-needed American Rescue Plan, which he unveiled on January 20.
This landmark, life-saving legislation will provide urgently-needed resources to defeat the virus, get vaccines in El Pasoans’ arms, put money into… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that the House-passed H.R. 7617, Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2021, includes $2.8 billion for the modernization and expansion of land ports of entry, of which $700 million would be allocated to the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) Land Port of Entry.
H.R. 7617, approved by House of Representatives on July 31, 2020, provides… Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 7617, the second “minibus” of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills. H.R. 7617 consists of six appropriations bills: Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Service and General Government, Labor-HHS-Education, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development. Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted to pass H.R. 7608, the first “minibus” of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills. H.R. 7608 consists of four appropriations bills: State-Foreign Operations, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Interior-Environment, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.
This appropriations package makes a $259.5 billion investment in America’s… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and members of the Texas border delegation are calling on Congressional leadership to help protect communities along the U.S.-Mexico border from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by including in the next relief package language mandating a binational strategy and the resources necessary to implement it.
Led by Congresswoman Escobar, the… Read more »
