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HB549 - Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
Andrew R. Garbarino, Kathy Castor, Joseph D. Morelle
Last updated over 1 year ago
264 Co-Sponsors
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#social-welfare
HB6751 - Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act
Adriano Espaillat, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Christopher R. Deluzio
Last updated 9 months ago
201 Co-Sponsors
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente.
STATUS
Introduced
#finance-and-financial-sector
HB3381 - National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach Act
Troy Nehls, Jimmy Panetta, Wesley Hunt
Last updated over 1 year ago
157 Co-Sponsors
To authorize the Attorney General to establish the National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach program, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#crime-and-law-enforcement
HB16 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 Dream Act of 2023 American Promise Act of 2023
Sylvia Garcia, Yvette D. Clarke, Nydia M. Velazquez
Last updated over 1 year ago
208 Co-Sponsors
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5754 - To designate the United States courthouse located at 350 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, as the "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse".
Jimmy Gomez, Pete Aguilar, Nanette Diaz Barragan
Last updated 4 months ago
65 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
#government-operations-and-politics
HB1694 - Emergency Care Improvement Act
Jody C Arrington, Vicente Gonzalez, Michael Cloud
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2663 - Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Joe Courtney, Robert C. Scott, Don Bacon
Last updated over 1 year ago
173 Co-Sponsors
To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB807 - Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act
Patrick T. McHenry, Sanford D. Bishop, Earl L. Carter
Last updated 4 months ago
300 Co-Sponsors
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society.
STATUS
Engrossed
#finance-and-financial-sector
HB5839 - Maritime Border Security Technology Improvement Act
Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Stacey E. Plaskett, Carlos Gimenez
Last updated 12 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess technology needs along the maritime border and develop a strategy to address such needs, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4610 - To conform Federal tax law with the Texas Constitution to allow for the continued benefit to the fullest extent possible from the financial leverage of the Permanent University Fund to the State of Texas.
Lloyd Doggett, Michael T. McCaul, Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher
Last updated about 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from US Congress district HD-TX-34
COMMITTEES
US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Vicente Gonzalez was born in McAllen, Texas. He attended public schools and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pan American University in 1979 and a Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University in 1985. After law school, he opened a successful law practice in McAllen where he specialized in defending people accused of DWI and other criminal offenses. He served as an assistant district attorney early in his career. He was later elected and served 6 years as a county court at law judge in Hidalgo County. In 2012, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. He served on the Judiciary and Land & Resource Management Committee and the special committee on border security during his time in the legislature. He lives with his wife Lorena in McAllen. They have one daughter.read less
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