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Veronica Escobar's Public Statements on Issue: Employment and Affirmative Action

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  • U.S. House (TX) - District 16, Democratic Minority Policy Committee Chair

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 16

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09/29/2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Jayapal Leads Lawmakers in Calling on DHS to Protect Immigrant Workers' Rights in the Workplace
10/19/2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Pressley, 100+ House Democrats Urge President Biden to Protect Paid Leave in Build Back Better Act
07/20/2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Urging Creation of Civilian Climate Corps
06/24/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Joins Democratic Women's Caucus and Senator Feinstein to Introduce Equal Pay Bill for U.S. National Teams
04/21/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States - Sánchez Calls for Paid Family Medical Leave and Child Care for all Latinos
04/20/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Joins Senator Markey and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to Reintroduce the Green New Deal Resolution
04/15/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Votes to Secure Equal Pay for El Paso Women, Help Close Gender Wage Gap
04/12/2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury and Hon. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce - U.S. Rep. Lawrence Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Administration to Prioritize American Rescue Plan Funding for Minority-Owned Small Businesses
03/11/2021 Letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas - Congressman Castro and Texas Colleagues Urge Gov. Abbott to Prioritize Agricultural Workers for Covid Vaccine Eligibility
03/01/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States - Release: Progressives Urge Biden Administration to Overrule Senate Parliamentarian
02/05/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Votes to Pass the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021
01/11/2021 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Newhouse Leads Call to Protect Agricultural Workers
10/26/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - House Democrats to DOL: Proposed Rule to Increase Employee Misclassification Will Cost Workers and the Economy
07/10/2020 Congresswoman Escobar Releases Unemployment Assistance Report and Calls on Governor Abbott to Improve Texas Workforce Commission
04/28/2020 Letter to Governor Gred Abbott - Texas Democrats Urge Abbott to Lift Administrative Burden in Unemployment Benefits, Streamline Process for Over a Million
04/28/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions
04/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Watson Coleman, Pocan, Carbajal, 150 Other Members of Congress Request Increased Protections for Frontline Federal Workers
04/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Release: Rep. Khanna, Sen. Warren lead letter to include Essential Workers Bill of Rights in next relief package
04/23/2020 Congresswoman Escobar Votes for the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
03/26/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Rep. Wild leads letter to guarantee health care workers paid sick leave
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
01/10/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Department of Labor - Democratic Women's Caucus Leadership, Rep. DeLauro Oppose Department of Labor's Decision to Ignore Pay Data
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Improving Quality of Life
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Protecting Seniors, the Disabled and Working Families
11/20/2019 Congresswoman Veronica Escobar Statement on Latina Equal Pay Day
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