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Joaquin Castro's Public Statements on Issue: National Security

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 20

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03/31/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Rick Bright, Dir. of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Gottheimer Joins Bipartisan Push to Rapidly Deploy Antibody Testing to Check for Coronavirus Immunity
03/31/2020 Letter to the Hon. Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas - Press Release: Vela leads Texas delegation members in urging governor Abbott to implement state-wide, stay-at-home order
03/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas - Rep. Veasey (TX-33) Spearheads Letter Asking Local Officials to Reconsider Ban Stripping Essential Access to Health Care for Texas Women
03/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Spanberger Presses FDA to Cut Red Tape for Central Virginia Distilleries Producing Hand Sanitizer
03/27/2020 Castro statement on CARES Act
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Durbin, Duckworth Join 165 Members Of Congress In Calling For Billions In Community Health Center Funding To Tackle Coronavirus Pandemic
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas - Testing For All Texans to Protect Texas--Members Urge Abbott to Implement Free Testing and Enable More Texans to Get Insured
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Chairs DeFazio, Doggett to Corporations: Put Workers First in Economic Recovery
03/19/2020 Letter to Mary McNiff, CEO of Citibank, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Richard Fairbank, CEO of Capital One, Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, Roger Hochschild, CEO of Discover, Margaret Keane, CEO of Synchrony Financial, Stephen Squeri, CEO of American Express, Charles Scharf, CEO of Wells Fargo, and Andrew Cecere, CEO of U.S. Bank - Congressman Johnson, 45 Members Asking Credit Card Companies to Suspend Interest, Late Fees
03/18/2020 Letter to Mark Begor, Chairman and CEO of Equifax, Christopher Cartwright, President and CEO of TransUnion, and Craig Boundy, CEO of Experian North America - Representatives García, Clay, Tlaib Tell the Credit Reporting Agencies: Don't Report Adverse Credit Events During COVID-19
03/18/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Lead Colleagues in Urging House Leadership to Protect Travel and Tourism Jobs in Recovery Package
03/17/2020 Democratic Leaders of Color: Trump's Use of "Chinese Virus" Endangers Lives
03/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Redfield, Dir. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - House Congressional Tri-Caucus Calls on CDC to Expand Coronavirus Materials for Non-English Speakers
03/12/2020 Cárdenas, Sánchez, Castro Introduce Legislation to Provide Free Coronavirus Tests to Uninsured Americans
03/12/2020 ICYMI: Castro PSA on COVID-19 and San Antonio community
03/11/2020 Castro statement on additional evacuees arriving at JBSA-Lackland
03/10/2020 McCarthy, Gosar Must Apologize for Spreading Xenophobia and Endangering Asian Americans
03/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Frank Pallone, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Hon. Greg Walden, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Castro, Doggett call for investigation into CDC COVID-19 release protocols
03/01/2020 Castro statement on coronavirus patient released into San Antonio by CDC
02/12/2020 Letter to the Hon. Rae Davis, Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Soto, Members Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration's Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid
02/07/2020 Letter to the Hon. Rae Oliver Davis, Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Warren, Colleagues Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration's Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid
01/22/2020 Castro Urges Barr and Wolf to Reverse Cruel Changes to Asylum Eligibility
01/13/2020 Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Velázquez, Schumer Demand HUD Meeting on Puerto Rico
01/13/2020 Castro, Doggett, Escobar Demand Answers From ICE on Nefarious Contracts With Three Texas Detention Centers
01/06/2020 Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border

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