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Filemon Vela, Jr.'s Public Statements
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U.S. House (TX) - District 34, Democratic
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12/04/2020
Letter to Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader; Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders: Pass the Bipartisan Restaurants Act Before Too Late
11/23/2020
Letter to National Archives and Records Administration Director Scott Levins - Palazzo Cosigns Letter Expressing Concerns Over Backlog of Veterans Records Requests
11/13/2020
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Rep. Axne Leads Charge Against Threats to 340B Drug Discount Program
10/23/2020
Letter to Scott Levins, Dir. of the National Personnel Records Center - Reps. Van Taylor, Jimmy Panetta Urge NPRC to Resume Processing Military Personnel Records
10/22/2020
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Lucas Leads Bipartisan Efforts Ensuring COVID-19 Funds for Rural Hospitals
10/16/2020
Congressman Vela Joins Colleagues in Introducing the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act
10/15/2020
Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer - Rep. Austin Scott Leads Bipartisan Push to Increase International Market Access for U.S. Pecans
10/02/2020
Congressman Vela Announces Passages of Updated Heroes Act
10/01/2020
Congressman Vela Unveils Legislation to Protect Taxpayers
10/01/2020
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Agriculture Committee Leadership Presses Perdue on Diversity Trainings at USDA
09/28/2020
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader of the House, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Democratic Leader of the Senate - Brownley, Welch Lead Bipartisan Letter to Protect American Farmers and U.S. Food Supply
09/24/2020
Letter to The Honorable Jim Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, The Honorable Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, The Honorable Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee & The Honorable Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee - Manchin, Young, Ernst, Vela, Palmer Lead Members in Calling On NDAA Conferees to Save Chief Management Officer, Uphold Accountability At DOD
09/16/2020
Congressman Vela Joins Colleagues in Introducing the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act
09/15/2020
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the Hon. James Macrae, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Primary Health Care, and the Hon. Thomas Engels, Admin. of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Rep. Axne Leads Fight Against Increasing Costs on Insulin and Epinephrine
09/15/2020
Congressman Vela Announces Passage of the Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
09/15/2020
Congressman Vela Announces Passage of the Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
09/15/2020
Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security - 173 Members of Congress Urge DHS Inspector General to Open Investigation Into Whistleblower Allegations Regarding High Rates of Hysterectomies Being Performed on Immigrant Women
09/11/2020
Vela and Hurd Advocate for Recognition of Blackwell School as National Historic Site
09/11/2020
Congressman Vela Introduces Resolution Honoring The Buffalo Soldiers
09/11/2020
Congressman Vela's Statement in Remembrance of the 19th Anniversary of 9/11
09/10/2020
Congressman Vela Announces $771,000 in COPS School Violence Prevention Program Funds for South Texas
09/04/2020
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Newhouse Joins Call to Include Wheat Growers in USDA Coronavirus Aid Program
09/02/2020
Congressman Vela Announces $2.6M for Completion of New Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
09/01/2020
Congressman Vela Introduces Resolution Honoring NATO Exercise DEFENDER 2020
08/28/2020
Letter to The Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Congressman Cleaver Applauds Usda Reversal, Decision to Extend Nutrition Program Waivers for Kids Learning Remotely
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