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Filemon Vela, Jr.'s Public Statements

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03/03/2021 PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Vela Announces Nearly $20M Award to Hidalgo County and the City of Raymondville
03/03/2021 Press Release: Vela Announces Passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021
03/02/2021 Letter to the Hon. Norris Cochran, Acting Secretary for Health and Human Services - Matsui Leads Effort to Protect 340B Drug Discount Program
03/02/2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - 115 Members Send Letter to Education Secretary Cardona Urging him to Reverse Horrific Title IX Rule
02/26/2021 PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Vela Announces $4.3M Awarded to South Texas Airports
02/26/2021 PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Vela Announces $23.6M Grant Awarded to NINOS INC.
02/22/2021 PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Vela Announces $360k Awarded to cdcb
02/22/2021 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, and Whip Clyburn - Congresswoman Ross Urges Additional COVID-19 Relief for Struggling Cities, States, Local & Tribal Governments
02/19/2021 Vela: President Biden Is Getting It Right on Immigration
02/10/2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader, and Jim Clyburn, Majority Whip - Strickland Leads 48 Members in Urging Additional COVID Relief for Struggling Cities, States, Local & Tribal Governments
02/09/2021 PRESS RELEASE: Congressman Vela Announces $1.2M to IBWC for Arroyo Colorado
02/09/2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, and Kevin Mccarthy, House Minority Leader - Jayapal & Blunt Rochester Lead Call to Protect Survival Checks for Millions of Americans
02/09/2021 Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Honorable Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader, Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Blunt Rochester, Jayapal Lead Over 100 Colleagues in Calling on Congressional Leadership Not to Strip Survival Checks from Millions of Americans
02/05/2021 Letter to the Hon. Martha Williams, Principal Deputy Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service - Congressman Panetta Calls for Monarch Protections
02/05/2021 Congressman Vela Announces Passage of H.R. 447, The National Apprenticeship Act
02/04/2021 Congressman Vela Announces HASC Subcommittee Assignments
02/03/2021 Congressman Filemon Vela discusses next steps in federal stimulus package
01/15/2021 Rio Grande Valley congressmen react to President Trump's second impeachment
01/11/2021 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Newhouse Leads Call to Protect Agricultural Workers
01/08/2021 Vela: It Is Time We Come Together to Help Our Country Heal
01/07/2021 Congressman Vela addresses breach at US Capitol
12/29/2020 Valley Congressmen Vote for $2,000 per Person Coronavirus Relief Bill
12/23/2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President-Elect of the United States - Reps. Schakowsky, Price, Lee, Meeks, Castro, Spanberger, and Sherman Spearhead Letter to President-elect Biden with 150 Total Signers Urging Diplomatic Steps to Return Both Iran and U.S. to JCPOA
12/15/2020 Vela Named to Nato Assembly
12/14/2020 Letter to Hon. Barbara M. Barrett, United States Air Force Secretary - Urging U.S. Air Force Secretary to Designate San Antonio as U.S. Space Command Headquarters

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