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Donald Trump has now been in office for 100 days, and a majority of Americans oppose his policies and do not approve of how he’s handling his job as our President. A number of different groups and media outlets have polled Americans, and every poll reflects very low approval ratings for Trump. CNN, for example, recently released a poll which found that at 41%, Donald Trump has the… Read more »

This month, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined 141 other House Democrats including House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to introduce the Raise the Wage Act of 2025. The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) reintroduced the Climate Adaptation Plan Act (CAP) Act, legislation that continues to draw inspiration from the work of her Climate Crisis Advisory Committee (CCAC) and its comprehensive framework to address the impacts of climate change at the local level.  This legislation directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined leadership from Fort Bliss and the community to celebrate the long-awaited groundbreaking of the military base’s rail yard. This project would bolster mobility and rapid deployment capabilities at one of the largest military installations in the country. “Part of maintaining readiness means investing in vital infrastructure at… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16); Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee; Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security; and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to end his… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted against the Republican budget resolution. “Republicans told Americans to trust them on the economy and Donald Trump promised to lower costs on ‘day one.’ But the budget Republicans voted in favor of today — on the heels of Americans losing of trillions of dollars in retirement funds, increasing costs, growing… Read more »

Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar reintroduced the Pigs in Gestation Stalls (PIGS) Act. This legislation would permanently ban the use of gestation stalls, used to house pregnant pigs, and would require the pigs to have no less than 24 square feet of space. These implementations will allow pregnant pigs to lie down, stand up, and move about freely. “Pigs are sentient beings that… Read more »

Last week, the Trump administration moved to eliminate the Department of Education, a key provision of Project 2025. The Trump administration has been implementing plans laid out clearly in Project 2025. In line with the Project 2025 education agenda is the elimination of Title I grants, and we should all be concerned an announcement about this may soon follow. “The effects of… Read more »

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) reintroduced the American Families United Act. This bipartisan legislation is designed to preserve and promote family unity by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to help millions of U.S. citizens reunite with their loved ones. “There are hundreds of thousands of American families today who have been forced… Read more »

Representative of Fort Bliss, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Representative of Buckley Space Force Base, Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Readiness Subcommittee, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) led a letter with six of their colleagues to President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, expressing urgent… Read more »