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Last Friday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Paul Tonko (NY-20), Co-Chair of the Congressional Museum Caucus, along with 68 of their colleagues in a letter to the Inspector General of the Smithsonian Institution demanding an investigation of the impact of Donald Trump’s harmful Executive Order attacking… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-8), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Dan Goldman (NY-10) to warn of potential criminal exposure for volunteers and employees of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), following reports of various conflicts of interest… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) to be an original co-sponsor of HR 1637, the Protect Veteran Jobs Act. This follows a fact sheet published by the House Appropriations Committee detailing the firing of almost 6,000 veterans from the federal government, including over 2,500 veterans from the Departments of Defense and Veterans… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined more than 100 House Democrats in sending a letter to the heads of the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act federal agencies, demanding they immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to Elon Musk’s ill-conceived, reckless email and that a nonresponse does not constitute… Read more »

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), sent a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Benjamine Huffman, to address concerns raised by the use of military personnel and assets for removal and deportation purposes.  The letter can be read… Read more »