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Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), joined a congressional delegation led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26). Read more »

How effectively countries battle climate change will be decided in Scotland this week and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar will have a voice in deciding the best path forward. Read more »

The U.S. has deployed sanctions in response to other foreign policy and national security emergencies, including human rights abuses, cybercrime, and corruption, but not to hold environmental polluters accountable for abuses. Read more »

By Representatives Veronica Escobar (D-T.X.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), AND Suzanne Bonamici (D- O.R.) If you read the headlines right now you might think Democrats can’t agree on anything — in fact, that could not be further from the truth. The real story is that congressional Democrats, from all parts of this country and from every conference in our Caucus, are… Read more »

Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Norma Torres (CA-35) led a group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken urging them to use existing authorities to impose targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights abuses of indigenous and local environmental activists – often referred to as “environmental defenders” – and corruption relating to climate-impacting industries. Read more »

This year's Latina Equal Pay Day is different for Latinas in Houston, El Paso, and across Texas. Our country is still grappling with the effects of a pandemic that took the lives of nearly 718,000 people and forced out at least 5.5 million women from the workforce. Our home state of Texas, ranking second for most COVID-19 deaths, is also trailing behind the rest of the… Read more »

"Las latinas todavía ganan aproximadamente 57 centavos por cada dólar que gana un hombre blanco no hispano. Esto significa que a las latinas les toma casi dos años alcanzar las ganancias generadas en un año por un hombre blanco no hispano". Read more »

This critical legislation establishes a humane and equitable asylum process designed for America’s immigration realities in the 21st century. Read more »

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and members of the El Paso State Legislative Delegation issued a statement on the new congressional district maps. Read more »

By Lauren Villagran Even as the number of people seeking asylum at the southern border has grown, Congress has done little to change how the U.S. treats asylum seekers. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) on Tuesday introduced a bill, the "Re-imagining Asylum Processing Act," that proposes to overhaul how asylum claims are made and treated at the Southwest border. The bill would… Read more »