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06/21/2021
Child Tax Credit Monthly Payments Begin in July
06/09/2021
Congressman Vela's Statement on Funding Priorities for the RGV
02/22/2021
Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, and Whip Clyburn - Congresswoman Ross Urges Additional COVID-19 Relief for Struggling Cities, States, Local & Tribal Governments
02/09/2021
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Honorable Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader, Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Blunt Rochester, Jayapal Lead Over 100 Colleagues in Calling on Congressional Leadership Not to Strip Survival Checks from Millions of Americans
06/16/2020
Press Release: Congressman Vela Announces $16.8 M Grant for Ninos Head Start Programs
04/28/2020
Letter to Governor Gred Abbott - Texas Democrats Urge Abbott to Lift Administrative Burden in Unemployment Benefits, Streamline Process for Over a Million
04/03/2020
Letter to the Hon. Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas - Castro urges for more resources and capacity for the Texas Workforce Commission
01/08/2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Members of Congress Demand Answers on Upcoming SNAP Benefit Lapse
04/06/2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Relation Agencies, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Bipartisan Support for Full Funding of Heating Assistance Program that Trump Budget Would Eliminate
04/03/2017
Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member - Funding Request for Community Development Block Grants
07/25/2016
Vela Announces $1.8 Million in Education grants for South Texas Colleges
03/10/2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
10/28/2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
06/10/2015
Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
06/09/2015
Vela Announces $5 Million Grant for Nuestra Clinica Del Valle, Inc.
05/19/2015
Vela Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Launch of Head Start
05/18/2015
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Head Start
03/27/2015
Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
09/04/2014
Congressman Vela Announces $1.6M Grant for Brownsville HOME Program
04/09/2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Immediate Vote on Unemployment Insurance Deal
04/04/2014
Letter to Jack Kingston, Chairman and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor for Health and Human Services and Education - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Funding
03/06/2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Don't Leave Jobless Veterans Behind
01/09/2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Immediate Vote to Extend Unemployment Insurance
09/24/2013
Valley Morning Star - Vela Comments on Affordable Care Act
04/19/2013
Letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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