Representative Filemon Vela's Public Statements

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Full Name: Filemon Vela
Current Office: U.S. House - District 34, Democratic
First Elected: 11/06/2012
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rose
Birth Place: Harlingen, TX
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5/02/13 Letter to Secretary LaHood - Preventing Closures of Air Traffic Control Towers Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson - National Endowment for the Arts Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Crenshaw and Ranking Member Serrano - GSA Port of Entry Infrastructure Modernization Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston, Ranking Member DeLauro, Chairman Latham, Ranking Member Pastor - Programs that Aim to Eliminate Poverty Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Moran - EPA's Border Environment Infrastructure Fund Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Moran - National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Unknown 4/19/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - Job Corps Program Funding Unknown 4/18/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Services Funding Unknown 4/18/13 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - High School Equivalency Program and the College Assistance Migrant Program Funding Unknown 4/17/13 Letter to Rep. Jack Kingston and Rep. Rosa DeLauro - Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program Funding Unknown 4/05/13 Letter to Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta - Air Traffic Control Tower Closures Washington, DC 4/05/13 Congressman Vela Announces FAA Will Delay Closure of Brownsville Aircraft Control Tower Washington, DC 3/26/13 Congressman Vela Visits Sea Turtle Conservation Organization on South Padre Island Washington, DC 3/22/13 Letter to Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Leader Pelosi, and Whip Hoyer - Bipartisan Fiscal Solution Washington, DC 3/21/13 Letter to Governor Rick Perry - Medicaid Expansion Washington, DC 3/13/13 Congressmen Cuellar, McCaul, Vela, O'Rourke, Gallego, and Farenthold Introduce the Bipartisan "Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013" Washington, DC 3/13/13 Congressmen Vela, Cuellar, McCaul, O'Rourke, Gallego, and Farenthold Introduce the Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act Washington, DC 3/06/13 Reps. Filemon Vela and Susan Davis Introduce Bill to Help Prevent Diabetes in Seniors Washington, DC 2/28/13 Congressman Vela Supports Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Washington, DC 2/28/13 Texas Border Congressmen Cuellar, Hinojosa, Vela, Gallego, and O'Rourke Address Sequestration Impact Washington, DC 2/22/13 Congressman Vela Honors Valley Veterans Support Group Washington, DC 2/21/13 Congressman Vela Announces $5.8 Million Federal Education Grant to Expand Early College Program Washington, DC 2/18/13 Congressman Filemon Vela Issues Statement on Immigration Reform Washington, DC 2/14/13 Letter to President Obama - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Washington, DC 2/05/13 Letter to President Barack Obama - Keystone XL Pipeline Washington, DC 1/28/13 Congressman Filemon Vela on Comprehesive Immigration Reform Washington, DC 1/08/13 Congressman Vela Appointed to House Homeland Security Committee Washington, DC 8/01/12 Filemon Vela Secures Landslide Victory in Democratic Primary for Texas Congressional Seat Brownsville, TX 7/16/12 Vela Leads South Texas Delegation to Obama Event in San Antonio Brownsville, TX 7/14/12 Statement Regarding People with Special Needs Unknown 1/01/12 Issue Position: Medicare and Social Security Unknown 1/01/12 Issue Position: Energy and Jobs Unknown 1/01/12 Issue Position: Immigration/Border Security Unknown 1/01/12 Issue Position: Economy Unknown