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Vicente Gonzalez is a U.S. Representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, having served since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and economic development. Throughout his tenure, Gonzalez has been vocal about the need for comprehensive immigration reform and has expressed concerns about the current handling of deportations. He has also advocated for changes in Medicaid managed care programs to ensure transparency and fairness in pricing.
I rise in support of H.R. 2158, a bill making appropriations in 1998 for VA, HUD and the independent agencies. Although I continue to be deeply troubled by the severe budgetary limitations on domestic discretionary spending, particularly…
The Secretary of Defense has made it very clear that the modernization and the readiness of our Armed Forces will be paid for by base restructuring. So the realignment process must be conducted in a way that will save the most money, and…
I have a much longer perspective on housing problems than most of my colleagues. As a younger man, I helped develop the first public housing in San Antonio. Today there are thousands of people living in San Antonio, housed in safe, decent…
I came from my hometown with a housing background and can recall vividly, and I am old enough to, the outrageous situation that was costing lives and the city, my home city, the dubious distinction of the tuberculosis capital of the…
I rise very strongly to support the Kennedy amendment. I find this home rule flexible block grant program just simply outrageous and it must be struck from the bill. I can recall the horrendous times when there were no such things as…
Mr. Chairman, I rise to state my strong unequivocal support for the Frank amendment. It is simple. It is fair. And it is a reasonable compromise to the provisions of H.R. 2. It protects many of the Nation's most vulnerable from excessive…
Mr. Chairman, I first want to begin my remarks by complimenting the gentleman from Massachusetts for his superb leadership that he has demonstrated in housing issues. He knows the subject matter, which is complex, very well. Equally…
as the dean of the Texas delegation, it is a pleasure and a very great honor to introduce to the House our newest Member, the gentleman from Texas, Ciro D. Rodriguez. Not long ago, many of us mourned the tragic passing of our esteemed and…
Mr. Speaker, mortgage insurance is and always has been a powerful tool for American home buyers. Of course, what it does is to reduce the risk of making a low down payment, long-term mortgage, by insuring that the lender, or the investor…
Mr. Speaker, after listening to the previous dialog, I must point out that this is a good bill, this is a consumer bill, this is not a bill that we have to bring up by a vote of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services 36 to 1 and…
It is very unnerving and soul shaking to consider that such a young and promising life was cut so short and, therefore, deprived us and this House of what unquestionably would be great contributions. He of course proved himself in the…
Mr. Speaker, it is my extremely sad duty, and may I say it is an honor and a privilege, to offer a few words of praise and of course tribute to a friend and a dear colleague, Frank Tejeda, who died too soon, far short of the full…
I rise in support for H.R. 3666, the conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for VA, HUD and independent agencies, although I continue to be deeply troubled by the severe budgetary limitations on domestic discretionary…
I rise in qualified support for H.R. 3666 which makes the appropriations for the fiscal year 1997 for VA, HUD, and independent agencies. I offer qualified support because I continue to be deeply troubled by the severe budgetary limitations…
historically, public and assisted housing units were available to every applicant whose income was up to 80 percent of median income. This policy was changed by the Gramm-Latta Act of 1981, which restricted eligibility almost entirely to…
H.R. 2406 in part follows bipartisan reforms adopted by the House in the last Congress, however, in part it profoundly departs from what had been a bipartisan policy of assuring that scarce Federal housing resources are used to help those…
this is a tremendously mixed emotional feeling for me. Sam Gibbons is an ideal American: He is absolutely honest; he is courageous in every sense of the word; he cares about his fellow human beings; and he is a public servant of the…
75 years ago, on August 18, 1920, the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote after a long, bitter struggle. It is hard to imagine today a world in which women could not even vote and yet, that…
I rise in order to report on my actions and activities with respect to the ongoing situation in Bosnia and my letter to President Clinton, which I had prepared immediately, that that became a crisis point, and it looked as if the President…
Thank you very much because I have not failed on previous occasions of this nature. From my inception of a career here, the question of pages has always been foremost, and preeminently so. I believe I was the first to bring about the…
the Republican tax bill is the wrong thing to do--it gives a huge tax break to the wealthy, and little or nothing to Americans who need it most. It is the same old Republican menu, the one that makes most of us eat baloney, but guarantees…
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