Filemon Vela: “The right to seek asylum is enshrined in United States and international law.”

It is an honor to recognize Frederick William Rusteberg of Brownsville, Texas. Mr. Rusteberg served the majority of his professional career as the original founding CEO and president of International Bank of Commerce in Brownsville until…

I was present and voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 449, final passage of S.J. Res. 33. However, it has come to my attention that my vote was not recorded, and I would like the record to show how my vote would have been counted on S.J. Res…

Today I rise in support of H.R. 268, legislation to add the Fort Brown earthworks to the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park, and I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this bill. I introduced this legislation to preserve a…

Most of us on this Subcommittee represent pretty large swaths of land, and I can't go to any farmer in the 270 mile stretch of south Texas that I represent without hearing about how difficult it is for farmers to get loans and financing…