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Veronica Escobar's Public Statements on Issue: Military Personnel

Office:
  • U.S. House (TX) - District 16, Democratic Minority Policy Committee Chair

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 16

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10/11/2022 Congresswoman Escobar Introduces Legislation to Ensure Justice in Harassment and Prohibited Discrimination Complaints in the Military
07/06/2022 Congresswoman Escobar Statement on the Department of Justice's Investigation into Operation Lone Star
06/03/2022 Congresswoman Escobar Introduces Legislation to Support Military Spouse Entrepreneurs
06/03/2022 Democratic Women's Caucus and Pro-Choice Caucus Introduce Bill to Provide Servicemembers Abortion Access
04/22/2022 Mullin Co-Leads Bill to Remove Sexual Harassment from the Military Chain of Command on Anniversary of SPC Vanessa Guillén's Murder
01/13/2022 Letter to Hon. Colonel Daniel Heape, Inspector General of Texas Military Department: Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation Calling for an Investigation Into Operation Lone Star
11/30/2021 Letter to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Warner joins Gillibrand and Colleagues in Letter Pushing Committee Leadership to Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill in Final NDAA Language
10/18/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Introduces Legislation to Protect Families of Fallen Sailors
09/02/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Votes to Advance the FY22 NDAA
07/16/2021 Letter to Bernie Sanders, Senate Budget Committee, to John Yarmuth, House Budget Committee - Representatives Escobar, Speier Lead Members in Call for $15 Billion Investment in Reconciliation to Fix Poor and Failing Military Child Care Facilities, Substandard Barracks
06/29/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Joins Congresswoman Speier to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Require the Department of Defense to Clean Up Toxic PFAS
06/23/2021 Congresswoman Escobar and Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act to Remove Sexual Assault, Major Crime Prosecution Decisions from the Chain of Command
05/20/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Advocates for Infrastructural Modernization at Fort Bliss in Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
05/13/2021 Mullin, Speier Reintroduce Bipartisan I am Vanessa Guillén Act to Transform the Military's Response to Sexual Violence
04/20/2021 Congresswoman Escobar Joins Speier, Strickland, and Shaheen to Lead Bicameral Comprehensive Bill to Ensure Quality Reproductive Care for Military Families
04/12/2021 Letter to Honorable Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary of Defense - Castro, Gallego, and Hispanic Caucus Urge Defense Department to Rename Ft. Hood After Mexican-American Medal of Honor Recipient, Update Base Naming Criteria
01/05/2021 Hirono, Ernst Bill Signed Into Law, Permanently Establishes Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act in Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
12/16/2020 Senate Passes Congresswoman Escobar's Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020
12/16/2020 Following Hirono and Ernst Advocacy, Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Permanently Establish Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act in Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Passes Senate, Heads to President
12/09/2020 Congresswoman Escobar Votes for National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
12/08/2020 House of Representatives Passes Congresswoman Escobar's Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020
10/23/2020 Letter to Scott Levins, Dir. of the National Personnel Records Center - Reps. Van Taylor, Jimmy Panetta Urge NPRC to Resume Processing Military Personnel Records
09/29/2020 U.S. House Judiciary Committee Passes Congresswoman Escobar's Bill to Protect Servicemembers and Veterans
07/22/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense - Brown, Speier and 10 Lawmakers Call for an End to President Trump's Discriminatory Ban on Transgender Servicemembers, Demand More Transparency
07/21/2020 Congresswoman Escobar Statement on House Passage of FY21 NDAA

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