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Tony Gonzales

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Tony Gonzales is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 23rd congressional district since January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gonzales has focused on issues such as border security, veterans' affairs, and economic development in his district, which spans a large area of southwestern Texas. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at addressing the challenges faced by his constituents, particularly in relation to immigration and law enforcement.

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Feb 27, 2023

We need to identify--they fought for us, I fought for us.

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Feb 27, 2023

I am concerned about DoD's decision to reduce BAH to 95 percent. ... that will crush folks.

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Feb 27, 2023

I just don't want it to come last. Oftentimes, the CDC is the last thing that we build out.

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Feb 27, 2023

Improving access to affordable housing is a top priority. ... military families are being forced to choose between housing payments and food security.

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Feb 27, 2023

These things don't just happen. You support an operation; there is a cost that comes with.

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Feb 27, 2023

Every time we increase BAH, so do the housing prices.

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Feb 27, 2023

I believe in results, not excuses, and I hear a whole lot of excuses, and this is dangerous.

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Feb 27, 2023

There was a woman named Ms. Alma, a Navy veteran that normally gets a tax return. All of a sudden got a bill to pay $6,500 in taxes.

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Feb 27, 2023

Everywhere I go the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines bring up the BAH levels.

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Feb 27, 2023

I am worried to death what is happening in Fort Hood.

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Feb 27, 2023

What the hell has that gotten us?

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Feb 27, 2023

You are doing a lot of wonderful things across the globe, but they are going, 'Why are our children dying?'

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Feb 27, 2023

I feel like we're in the Twilight Zone. This hearing is not going well for you, and you know, I'm a veteran.

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Feb 27, 2023

Another just amazing piece of legislation that I think is starting to change a lot of people's lives.

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Feb 6, 2023

A repatriation flight is someone that does not qualify for asylum, gets put on a plane--and they don't get flown to New York or Chicago or Washington, DC, they get flown to Haiti, to El Salvador, or Guatemala.

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Feb 6, 2023

The reality is that this is a backdoor way of ending all asylum claims. The asylum process is broken and needs major reform, but abolishment is un-American.

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Feb 6, 2023

These are evil people that don't even view these migrants as cattle. They're really treated-- mistreated in every single way.

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Feb 6, 2023

It currently takes around five years for an asylum case to be heard.

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Feb 6, 2023

we got to be respectful of that. We also have to stop the terrorism and the fentanyl from coming into our country and killing our children.

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Feb 6, 2023

As a Representative of the largest border district in the country, I share frustrations with my colleagues.

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Feb 1, 2023

I'm not excited about the direction that we've started - the direction that we've kind of taken, this place, this tit for tat.

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Jan 8, 2023

I don't know. That's the frustrating part.

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Jan 8, 2023

The speaker vote is the easiest vote we'll take in Congress. And it was pretty chaotic.

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Jan 8, 2023

I have no interest in that. I'm trying to keep America safe.

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