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Vicente Gonzalez's Public Statements on Issue: Employment and Affirmative Action

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 34

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11/24/2021 MSNBC "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
03/11/2021 Letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas - Congressman Castro and Texas Colleagues Urge Gov. Abbott to Prioritize Agricultural Workers for Covid Vaccine Eligibility
01/11/2021 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Newhouse Leads Call to Protect Agricultural Workers
08/21/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnelll, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Murphy-led Blue Dogs Call on House, Senate Leadership to Restart COVID-19 Relief Negotiations, Include Bipartisan Priorities in Legislation
07/14/2020 Letter to Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the US Department of Labor - Congressman Gonzalez and Others Urge Department of Labor to Reverse Work Visa Ban
06/12/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader; Michael Crapo, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman; Sherrod Brown, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ranking Member; Marco Rubio, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman; and Ben Cardin, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member - Balderson, Bipartisan Delegation Push Further Reforms to Small Business Loan Program
05/07/2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer - Torres Small and Cunningham Lead Bipartisan Effort to Give Businesses More Flexibility to Spend PPP Funds
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
04/28/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. S. Garcia, Lowenthal, and Chu Lead House Democrats in Urging PPP Access for Labor Unions
04/23/2020 Congressman Gonzalez Votes on Emergency Funding Package to Replenish PPP and Aid Hospital Workers Totaling $480 Billion
04/17/2020 Congressman Gonzalez Statement on Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Running Out of Funding
04/15/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Sec. of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Democratic Lawmakers Calling For Trump Administration to Ensure That Minority-Owned Small Businesses Are Not Shut Out Of Funding From Paycheck Protection Program
04/10/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee to Leadership: Fund Community Health Centers in Next Congressional Relief Package
03/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Congressman Panetta Calls on State Department to Ensure Agriculture Worker Visas Get Processed to Protect Food Security During COVID-19
01/27/2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020
01/15/2020 Congressman Gonzalez Continues to Fight for Older Americans and Workers
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Fighting for The Issues Important to South Texas Families
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Standing Up For Women & Families
08/26/2019 Letter to the Hon. Adele Gagliardi, Admin. of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Office of Policy Development and Research - Over 125 House Democrats to DOL: Changes to Apprenticeship System Violate the Law
07/19/2019 Congressman Gonzalez Votes to Raise the Minimum Wage
05/03/2019 Schakowsky Leads Letter to SSA Demanding the Abandonment of Anti-Union Policies
10/09/2018 Congressman Gonzalez Co-Sponsors Social Security Benefit Bill that Protects Teachers, Firefighters, and Police Officers
09/28/2018 Letter to Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of the Boeing Company and Robert Martinez, President of IAMAW - SC Members of Congress Respond to Boeing Letter
09/07/2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Rep. Taylor Sends Letter to White House Urging Reversal on Federal Worker Pay Freeze
07/09/2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders

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