Tony Gonzales

What you will find is Texas is like a country of its own, and we are used to kind of going about it our own way.

There is over 110,000 families on the public housing waiting list. Another thousand families get added to it each month.

I represent about 40 percent of Bexar County--and bring to light on how we can fix some of these very long-term systemic issues.

I think it would be important. If they are not that they look into this.

There needs to be more of that and I think it needs to be more public.

This transnational criminal organization, TDA, Tren de Aragua, these Venezuelan gangs, they are growing in influence, they are growing in criminal activity throughout the country and I believe they are a significant threat to our homeland.

We need once again, as this border crisis expands, we need to get ahead of this.

This is how you win. You don't talk about the problem. You solve the problem.

people throw rocks from afar. We're the ones that have to live it.

Iran hates the United States and our allies, like Israel and Ukraine. And Iran is eating America's lunch.

The DEA needs a win and America needs a win, and I'm tired of everyone else placing the blame on the problem.

Blank checks aren't going to solve the problem. Blaming China or someone else that's all fine and dandy.

Last year we passed it from 250 to 400. I pushed very hard on that. That hadn't been done in decades.

There is a perception issue that the services are doing other things other than training and fighting to win wars.

I would agree. I would agree.

Fort Sam Houston, the cemetery at Fort Sam Houston is very important to San Antonio and South Texas.

I know that is the furthest thing from the truth, but let's get this fixed, right?

It cannot just be words, it has to be actions. We owe that, at a minimum, to our family members.

San Antonio is the fastest growing community for veterans in the country.

Border patrol agents are doing everything they can to take care of the situation, but they're completely overwhelmed, completely, just, overwhelmed with the situation. And it's getting worse.

We have to find 218 votes however we can, and push things over the finish line.

I would argue, yes, we have been talking about the amount of people coming over that we don't know who's in our country and the terrorist threat from external, but I talk – I would also talk about a terrorist threat internal.

I think the devil's in the details.

We have to push now.

I think immigrants are the lifeblood of our country.