Filemon Vela: “Democrats want explicit language restricting border construction to the same see-through fencing that was already…”

I would urge the Committee to once again include the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act in the upcoming infrastructure package with the same authorization level included in HR 2--$50 million annually over 5 years.

I want to be clear that I think additional action will be required from this Committee, from this Congress, and from this Administration.

It is with a great deal of regret that I cannot join family and friends of Jesse Thomas Rhodes, known as Tom, as he is laid to rest today. Tom was, as he would often remind us, the first baby born on January 1, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee…

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…