Veronica Escobar

Our immigration system is broken.

While some of my colleagues want to convince the American people that we can address our immigration challenges simply by hardening the border and utilizing cruelty as a policy, the truth is that the prior Administration tried that and it…

I am the only representative on this Committee who actually lives in and represents a border community.

If there is a Governor who continues to ignore the health, safety, and welfare of the National Guard specifically...

I want to sound the alarm, Madam Chair, and to our panelists, and to my colleagues.

I am very proud of the work that we have done under the chairwoman's leadership to place and prioritize the safety and welfare of our servicemembers.

I am also the proud representative of the safe and secure community of El Paso, which is right on the U.S.-Mexico border.

I am the proud representative for Fort Bliss, Texas, here in Congress.

Thank you, Chairwoman Napolitano and Ranking Member Rouzer: As you continue to gather feedback from members while crafting the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, I respectfully ask for your consideration to include a study I…

My priority is ensuring that economically disadvantaged communities like mine... can best capitalize.

I mean, we are going to pass Build Back Better. It is going to happen.

We have to obviously act with the utmost urgency

I thank the chairman. Madam Speaker, I say to my colleagues, when you give hate, racism, and violence cover, you give it life. With this vote, we are saying ``not on our watch.'' Madam Speaker, I invite my Republican colleagues to do what…

I actually want to explore that a little bit so we can better understand what we can do in order to provide the flexibility necessary.

The climate crisis has completely changed what is available to them.

I am so proud that we have the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso, which is the oldest Tribal community in the State of Texas.

Forced parenthood threatens a woman's physical and mental health.

Senate Bill 8 is appalling for many reasons, including its unconstitutionality and the deputization of private citizens as bounty hunters.

There is clearly a difference between being pro-life and being pro-birth.

It has been heartbreaking to see my State lead the way in eroding decades of gains in voting rights, civil rights, human rights, and women's rights.

My own district was impacted in a process I have described as being akin to looting.

This process was opaque and nontransparent, perhaps because Texas Republicans hired a political operative known to have Republican Members of Congress sign nondisclosure agreements.

Republicans engaged in deliberate, shameless, extreme partisan gerrymandering.

I think if folks would just admit that President Biden won the 2020 election and would stop pushing the Big Lie, they wouldn't have to worry about being accused of being in a cult.

My own community is economically disadvantaged and about 85 percent Latino, and it is frequently left out of Federal packages.