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 »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted on H.R.6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021:
“As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am proud to have worked to craft and support a strong… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed by a vote of 215 to 190 an amendment offered by Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), member of the House Armed Services Committee, to H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The NDAA is a strong bipartisan bill that honors America’s values, strengthens our security, advances America’s leadership in the… Read more »
By Rebecca Kheel
The Democratic-controlled House voted Monday to add limits to the Insurrection Act after President Trump threatened to invoke it to deploy active-duty troops against recent protests over racial injustice.
In a 215-190 vote, the House approved the Insurrection Act changes as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.
The vote fell largely along party-lines,… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has benefited 6,358 El Paso businesses and organizations and retained 83,773 jobs in Texas’ 16th Congressional District so far during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The Paycheck Protection Program provides a lifeline to struggling El Paso businesses and the… Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar released a report with the results of an online survey on the TWC.
The online survey asked El Pasoans that have been terminated, laid off, furloughed, or otherwise separated from their employer due to the coronavirus pandemic to rate their experience with the TWC unemployment application process and to provide feedback on any problems they encountered. 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 »
By Lauren Villagran
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Tuesday urged the U.S. and Mexican presidents to pursue a binational strategy to tackle COVID-19 as infections swell on both sides of the border.
On the eve of the meeting in Washington, D.C., between Donald Trump and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the El Paso Democrat implored "urgent action" in an open letter to both men.
"With… Read more »
