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Vicente Gonzalez

Current U.S. representative for Texas's 34th Congressional District, in his fifth term; his first three were for the 15th District. Campaign affiliation: Democratic.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Vicente Gonzalez

Background

  • The sitting member for the 34th district since 2023. Congress.gov records five terms, the first three for the 15th district beginning in 2017.
  • His campaign says he left high school, earned a GED in 1985, then degrees from Del Mar College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a law degree from what is now Texas A&M University School of Law, and founded his own law practice in 1997.
  • Congress.gov records 53 bills and resolutions sponsored by him across five Congresses. One became law, naming a post office in Brownsville.
  • He held the seat in 2024 with 51.29 per cent of the vote under the district's previous lines, which the legislature redrew in 2025.

What they say they want to do

  • Lower everyday costs, so working families can manage expenses and build long-term financial stability.
  • Protection for the programmes that give seniors financial security and access to health care.
  • Equal rights and opportunity for women, including access to health care and economic security.
  • Stronger benefits, services and long-term support for veterans and their families.
  • Job growth, support for small businesses, and training that leads to better-paid work.

What the official record shows

  • Voted No on passage of the American Health Care Act, the House bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act. It passed 217-213 and did not become law.
  • Voted Yea on concurring in the Senate amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act, which became Public Law 117-169 four days later.
  • His amendment to the Veteran Service Recognition Act was agreed to 213-207, and he voted Yea on the bill, which passed the House 220-208 and ended in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  • Voted Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act, which passed 327-75 and became Public Law 118-273.
  • Voted No on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation act, which carried 218-214 and became Public Law 119-21 the next day.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 7 committees$557,429
Corporation PACs 132 committees$472,250
Trade Association PACs 59 committees$218,500
Leadership PACs 46 committees$166,000
PAC - Qualified 25 committees$109,000
Labor Organization PACs 20 committees$107,500
Membership Organization PACs 25 committees$96,811
House 26 committees$53,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 11 committees$32,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 5 committees$28,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 2 committees$11,000
Cooperative PACs 3 committees$7,000
Party committees 1 committee$4,788
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$2,500
Senate 1 committee$2,000
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

The rows are lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded type of the contributing committee, memo entries set aside. Each line reconciles to the committee's own summary: party committees $4,788.47, other committees $1,307,061.11, and transfers from joint fundraising committees $557,428.66. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are individual contributions and are not in the table. Also not in the table: the $425,000 still owed to him on a $750,000 loan he made to the committee in 2022, which is not a receipt of this cycle. The rows sum to 1,869,278.24 dollars.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that in 2025 he voted against what it calls the Big, Ugly Bill, which it says cuts hundreds of billions from Medicare and from programmes seniors rely on.

What the record shows ·

He voted against H.R. 1 both times it came to a recorded House vote, on May 22 and July 3, 2025, and it became law on July 4.

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What they say

His campaign says that in 2025 he voted against what it calls the Big, Ugly Bill, which it says cuts hundreds of billions from Medicare and from programmes seniors rely on.

“In 2025, he voted against the Big, Ugly Bill”

What the record shows ·

The House Clerk records him voting Nay on passage of H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145, 215-214) and No on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3 (Roll Call 190, 218-214). It became Public Law 119-21 on July 4.

Limit: He voted against the bill both times it came to a recorded vote in the House, which is the claim. What the law does to Medicare and to programmes for seniors is the campaign's description and is not assessed here.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that in 2024 he shepherded passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, now law, so retirees receive the full value of their benefits.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored it in four Congresses, signed the petition that forced the vote and voted for it, but he never sponsored it and nothing shows him managing it.

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What they say

His campaign says that in 2024 he shepherded passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, now law, so retirees receive the full value of their benefits.

“In 2024, he shepherded passage of the Social Security Fairness Act — now law — so retirees receive the full value of their retirement benefits”

What the record shows ·

The Act is law: H.R. 82 became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025, repealing the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision. Its sponsor was Garret Graves of Louisiana. Gonzalez cosponsored the Act in each of the four Congresses he served before it passed: in 2018 (H.R. 1205), 2019 (H.R. 141), 2021 (H.R. 82, as an original cosponsor) and 2023, when he joined the final version on January 24, one of 330. When Graves filed a discharge petition on September 10, 2024 to force a floor vote, Gonzalez signed it that day, the 103rd signature. He voted Yea when it passed the House 327-75 on November 12, 2024 (Roll Call 456).

Limit: Every step the record shows goes the way he says, across four Congresses, and the petition was the step that got the bill to the floor. "Shepherded" claims more than that: he sponsored no version, was not an original cosponsor of the one that became law, and was one of 218 members whose signatures forced the vote. Nothing in the record shows him managing the bill.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve.

What the record shows ·

He voted for it at both House votes in 2022, including the final vote on the bill that became law that August.

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What they say

His campaign says he voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve.

“He voted to pass the PACT Act so veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service receive the care they deserve”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea on the House bill, H.R. 3967, on March 3, 2022 (Roll Call 57, 256-174), and Yea on S. 3373, the vehicle that became law, on July 13, 2022 (Roll Call 309, 342-88). It became Public Law 117-168 on August 10, 2022.

Limit: He voted for it at both House votes, including the one on the bill that became law. He was one of 342 members voting for final passage and was not a sponsor.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act in four Congresses from 2017 to 2023, but none became law and he has no bill on it in this Congress.

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What they say

His campaign says he is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans.

“He is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans”

What the record shows ·

He has sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act, on noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions, in four Congresses: H.R. 3429 in 2017, H.R. 1078 in 2019, H.R. 4382 in 2021 and H.R. 717 in 2023. Each was referred to committee and went no further. In December 2022 his amendment to the Veteran Service Recognition Act was agreed to 213-207 (Roll Call 502) and he voted Yea on the bill, which passed the House 220-208 (Roll Call 503) and ended in the Senate.

Limit: Six years of sponsorship and one House-passed bill he amended are evidence of the work the claim describes. None became law. The claim is in the present tense, and Congress.gov records no bill of his on the subject in the current Congress.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, so veterans and community members have safe spaces to gather.

What the record shows ·

Spending laws for 2022, 2023 and 2024 list three VFW post projects he requested, $1,904,454 in all, two of them for new buildings rather than updates.

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What they say

His campaign says he delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, so veterans and community members have safe spaces to gather.

“He delivered federal funding to update local Veterans of Foreign Wars posts”

What the record shows ·

The explanatory statements for three years' appropriations laws each list a VFW post project with him as the House requester. For fiscal 2022, $304,454 for the Brooks County VFW, the Lopez Williams Post, from the Agriculture Department's rural community facilities account (page H1729). For fiscal 2023, $750,000 for a new building for Post 8788 (page S9538), and for fiscal 2024, $850,000 for a new building for Post 2410 (page S2158), both from HUD's Community Development Fund. The three laws are Public Laws 117-103, 117-328 and 118-42, and the three rows come to $1,904,454.

Limit: Three posts in three years, each in an enacted statement with his name in the House requester column, which is where a member's community project funding is recorded. Two of the three paid for new buildings rather than updates to old ones. The statements allocate the money; whether USDA and HUD have paid it out was not checked. Two of the three tables are printed as page images, so those rows were read by eye.

Vicente Gonzalez

A $35 cap on insulin

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35 and bring down the cost of medicines.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2021 Build Back Better Act, whose $35 insulin cap reached private insurance; it died, and the cap he voted for in 2022 covers Medicare only.

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What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35 and bring down the cost of medicines.

“In 2021, Vicente voted for historic legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35”

What the record shows ·

On November 19, 2021 he voted Yea on the Build Back Better Act (Roll Call 385, 220-213). As passed by the House it would have barred group health plans and individual insurance from charging more than $35 a month for selected insulin products from 2023. That bill did not become law. On August 12, 2022 he voted Yea on the Inflation Reduction Act (Roll Call 420), which limits Medicare cost-sharing for covered insulin products and became Public Law 117-169.

Limit: The 2021 vote is as he describes it. The cap he voted for in 2021 reached private insurance; the cap that became law a year later covers Medicare only. Both votes split almost entirely by party; in 2021 one Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voted No.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

What the record shows ·

Bill text names him among those who introduced a Medicaid drug-pricing bill in 2021 and 2023, as lead cosponsor; none of the 55 measures he sponsored is on drug prices.

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What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

“introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs”

What the record shows ·

The official text of the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act names him among those who introduced it, twice. H.R. 6101 of December 1, 2021 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill", and H.R. 1613 of March 17, 2023 names him first after Carter; Congress.gov lists Carter as sponsor and Gonzalez as an original cosponsor of both. The bill curbs spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers in Medicaid, and that provision passed the House as section 202 of the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act on December 11, 2023, 320-71, with his Yea (Roll Call 708). In 2025 he was an original cosponsor of the PBM Reform Act (H.R. 4317) and both Pharmacists Fight Back bills (H.R. 6609 and 6610). Three of the PBM Reform Act's six sections, on Medicare drug plans and employer health plans, became law almost word for word as sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75). He voted Yea when the House passed that act on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 45) and Nay on the final House vote on February 3 (Roll Call 53). In all he has cosponsored more than twenty drug-price bills, among them the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act in 2019, and voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, whose Medicare drug-price negotiation became law in 2022.

Limit: The bill text uses his verb: it names him among the members who introduced the bill, though Carter was its sponsor and Gonzalez the lead cosponsor. None of the 55 items Congress.gov lists him as sponsoring concerns drug prices. The bill is aimed at what Medicaid pays for drugs, not at the price a patient pays. The Medicaid bill did not become law, and its spread-pricing section is not in the 2025 reconciliation act or the 2026 appropriations act. That act did carry most of the PBM Reform Act, though he voted against its final version.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that since coming to Congress he has voted down Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Social Security.

What the record shows ·

He voted against the 2017 House repeal bill and the 2017 tax law that zeroed the coverage penalty, though both passed the House; Medicare and Social Security were not tested.

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What they say

His campaign says that since coming to Congress he has voted down Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Social Security.

“Since coming to Congress, Vicente has voted down extremist Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Social Security”

What the record shows ·

In his first year he voted No on the American Health Care Act, the House bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act, which passed 217-213 on May 4, 2017 (Roll Call 256) and did not become law. He also voted Nay at all three House votes on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, from November 16 to December 20, 2017 (Roll Calls 637, 692 and 699). It became Public Law 115-97, whose section 11081 cut the Affordable Care Act's penalty for going without coverage to zero from 2019.

Limit: Two measures, four recorded votes, all in the direction the claim states; they do not score his whole record, and the Medicare and Social Security halves of the sentence are not tested by them. Both passed the House despite his votes: the first died in the Senate and the second became law, so "voted down" describes his votes, not the outcome.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he voted to extend the child tax credit, fund lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more.

What the record shows ·

Three clauses match his votes on Build Back Better, the Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act. The child-credit extension was not enacted; the fourth clause has no matched vote.

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What they say

His campaign says he voted to extend the child tax credit, fund lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more.

“Vicente voted to extend the child tax credit, deliver funding to lower energy and utility costs, reduce prescription drug prices and make it illegal for insurers to charge older people more”

What the record shows ·

On November 19, 2021 he voted Yea on the Build Back Better Act (Roll Call 385, 220-213). Its section 137102(a)(1), headed "Extension of child tax credit", would have carried the enlarged credit into 2022; the bill passed the House and did not become law. Earlier that year he voted Yea on the American Rescue Plan Act, on February 27 and on its final House vote on March 10 (Roll Calls 49 and 72), which enlarged the credit for 2021. He voted Yea on the Inflation Reduction Act on August 12, 2022 (Roll Call 420); it sets up Medicare negotiation of certain drug prices and funds home energy rebates, and became Public Law 117-169.

Limit: Three of the four clauses match votes he cast. His vote to extend the child tax credit was on a bill that did not become law, so the enlargement that did become law lasted one year. The fourth clause, on insurers charging older people more, was not matched to any vote; the desk did not find which one it means.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored the Student Loan Relief Act in 2020 and 2022, which would cancel up to $25,000 per borrower, and neither bill got a vote.

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What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt.

“He has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt”

What the record shows ·

He introduced the Student Loan Relief Act as its only sponsor, as H.R. 8514 in 2020 and H.R. 6708 on February 11, 2022. The 2022 text directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Both were referred to committee and went no further.

Limit: He introduced what he says he introduced. Neither bill received a vote, and he has not reintroduced it since 2022.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that, as a member of the Financial Services Committee, he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored three homeownership bills, in 2020, 2021 and 2026, all sent to the Financial Services Committee, and none has had a vote.

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What they say

His campaign says that, as a member of the Financial Services Committee, he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible.

“he has introduced legislation to make homeownership more accessible”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored the Affordable Homeownership Access Act in 2020 (H.R. 5614) and 2021 (H.R. 5013), and the MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Act on February 23, 2026 (H.R. 7647). All three were referred to the Financial Services Committee; none has had a vote.

Limit: Sponsorship is what the claim says, and it is on the record. None of the bills has advanced, so nothing here shows homeownership becoming more accessible.

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says that since 2017 he has delivered more than $8 billion in federal funding to South Texas.

What the record shows ·

One 2026 statement lists ten projects he requested, $8,265,467 in all. Earlier years and other funding were not totaled, so this partial check cannot settle $8 billion.

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What they say

His campaign says that since 2017 he has delivered more than $8 billion in federal funding to South Texas.

“Since 2017, Vicente Gonzalez has worked every day for South Texans, delivering more than $8 billion in federal funding to the region.”

What the record shows ·

What the record does show is project by project. The explanatory statement for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which became Public Law 119-75, lists ten Community Development Fund projects with him as the House requester, from $250,000 to $2,000,000 and together $8,265,467, among them a Donna sports complex, a Harlingen animal shelter and a Baffin Bay boat ramp in Kleberg County.

Why there is no assessment here

No federal record totals what a member has brought home. Requested projects are listed by name in each year's explanatory statements, but formula grants, agency awards, and highway, port and disaster money carry no member's name, so a career figure of $8 billion cannot be rebuilt from official sources and this desk does not try.

Limit: The one statement read here covers four of that year's twelve appropriations bills, three of them enacted in this law, and earlier years were not totalled. His accomplishments page also says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville and delivered hundreds of millions for the ship channel; those permits are issued by federal regulators and the channel work by the Army Corps of Engineers, and neither record names a member.

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What they say

His campaign says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville.

What the record shows ·

His House vote and cosponsorship support LNG exports generally, not specific Brownsville permits, issued by a regulator. The House-passed export bill did not become law.

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His campaign says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville.

“He secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville”

What the record shows ·

On February 15, 2024 he voted Yea on the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, H.R. 7176 (Roll Call 52, 224-200), one of nine Democrats who did. It would have repealed restrictions on gas exports and imports and required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to treat them as in the public interest when approving export terminals. It passed the House and did not become law. In November 2022 he was an original cosponsor of the LNG For Allies Act, H.R. 9355, which would have sped up approval of gas exports to U.S. allies.

Limit: LNG terminal permits come from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which the Natural Gas Act gives sole power to approve them. Neither bill names the Brownsville projects, so his record shows support for LNG exports in general, not these permits.

Issues in this record

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Final ballot certified

    The Secretary of State's final certification lists four candidates for the 34th district: Eric Flores (Republican), Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic), Chris Royal (Libertarian) and Eddie Espinoza (Green).

  2. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS.

  3. race event

    The new congressional map is signed

    The Governor signed H.B. 4 of the second called session, redrawing Texas's congressional districts from the 2026 elections. The district now takes in Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and part of Nueces County.

  4. race event

    Redistricting put on the special session agenda

    The Governor's proclamation for the special session beginning July 21 included a revised congressional redistricting plan.

  5. race event

    Final House vote on the 2025 reconciliation act

    Gonzalez voted No on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, which carried 218-214 and became Public Law 119-21 the next day.

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Sources73 source records

How we use sources

  1. Vicente Gonzalez, member recordhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Resolved from Congress.gov's listing of current Texas members for the 119th Congress, which gives G000581 for Gonzalez, Vicente, district 34. Used for his office, party and five terms: the 115th to 117th Congresses for the 15th district and the 118th and 119th for the 34th.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money

  2. Meet Vicentehttps://vicentegonzalez.com/meet-vicente/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for his biography.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Vicente Gonzalez, sponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581/sponsored-legislation

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The whole list, 55 items across the 115th to 119th Congresses: 53 bills and resolutions and two floor amendments. One became law, H.R. 6244 of the 118th Congress, which named a post office in Brownsville. None of the 55 concerns the price of prescription drugs.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt; Legislation on homeownership

  4. Official Canvass Report, 2024 November 5th General Election (document)

    Texas Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    U.S. Representative District 34: Vicente Gonzalez (DEM) 102,780 votes, 51.29 per cent; Mayra Flores (REP) 97,603, 48.71 per cent. Railroad Commissioner: Eddie Espinoza (GRE) 301,793 votes, 2.75 per cent. The district was redrawn in 2025, so the 2024 result is for different lines.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. H.B. 4, 89th Legislature, Second Called Session, historyhttps://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB4

    Texas Legislature Online · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The congressional map that was enacted: filed August 15, 2025, passed the House on August 20 and the Senate on August 23, signed by the Governor on August 29, effective December 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The new congressional map is signed

  6. Issueshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/issues/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Seven subjects: affordability, seniors, women's rights, education, veterans, health care and jobs. It states goals rather than proposals, and names no bill. There is no section on the border, energy or campaign finance.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. Roll Call 256, 2017, H.R. 1628, American Health Care Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 4, 2017; the question was on passage; it passed 217-213. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  8. Roll Call 420, 2022, H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of August 12, 2022; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; it carried 220-207. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; A $35 cap on insulin; Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  9. Public Law 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ169/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 11001 sets up Medicare price negotiation for certain high-priced drugs; section 11406 limits Medicare cost-sharing for covered insulin products; section 50121 funds home energy rebates.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; A $35 cap on insulin; Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  10. Roll Call 502, 2022, H.R. 7946, Gonzalez amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022502

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on agreeing to his amendment, A002; it was agreed to 213-207. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  11. Roll Call 503, 2022, H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022503

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on passage; it passed 220-208. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  12. H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7946

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Mark Takano. Passed the House on December 6, 2022 and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the next day, where it ended. Gonzalez's amendment, requiring regulations within 90 days of enactment, was agreed to before passage.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  13. Roll Call 456, 2024, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2024; the question was on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill; it carried 327-75. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Social Security Fairness Act

  14. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Garret Graves of Louisiana; 330 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined as a cosponsor on January 24, 2023, three weeks after introduction, and is not an original cosponsor. Became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Social Security Fairness Act

  15. Roll Call 190, 2025, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; it carried 218-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; Final House vote on the 2025 reconciliation act

  16. H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Used for the fact that the bill became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. What the law does to Medicare or to programmes for seniors, which his campaign describes, is not assessed here.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; Final House vote on the 2025 reconciliation act

  17. VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS, receipts on lines 11B, 11C and 12https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00592659&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11B&line_number=F3-11C&line_number=F3-12

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: 6 rows on line 11B, 645 on line 11C and 261 on line 12, memo entries set aside, each line's sum equal to the committee's own summary total for the cycle through June 30, 2026. No line 11A row, individual contributions, was read.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  18. Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.

    candidate statement

    For: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act; The Social Security Fairness Act; The PACT Act for toxic exposure; Deportation of honorably discharged veterans; Federal money for VFW posts; A $35 cap on insulin; Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices; Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act; Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices; Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt; Legislation on homeownership; LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  19. Roll Call 145, 2025, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025; the question was on passage; it passed 215-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Voting against the 2025 reconciliation act

  20. Public Law 118-273, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-118publ273/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text: repeals the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  21. H.R. 1205, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1205

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 195 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined on February 14, 2018. Referred to committee; did not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  22. H.R. 141, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/141

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 264 cosponsors. Gonzalez joined on January 9, 2019. Referred to committee; did not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  23. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Rodney Davis; 305 cosponsors. Gonzalez is an original cosponsor, dated January 4, 2021, the day of introduction. Placed on the Union Calendar; did not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  24. Discharge Petition 16, H.Res. 1410 for H.R. 82https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024091016?Page=1&CongressNum=118

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The motion Garret Graves filed on September 10, 2024 to discharge the rule for H.R. 82, and its signatures. Gonzalez is signature 103, dated September 10, 2024, the day it opened. Its signature dates run from September 10 to September 19, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: The Social Security Fairness Act

  25. Roll Call 57, 2022, H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202257

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 3, 2022; the question was on passage; it passed 256-174. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: The PACT Act for toxic exposure

  26. H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Mark Takano. Passed the House on March 3, 2022 and the Senate with an amendment on June 16; the Act itself was enacted through S. 3373.

    official legislative record

    For: The PACT Act for toxic exposure

  27. Roll Call 309, 2022, S. 3373, the vehicle for the PACT Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 13, 2022; the question was on passage of the Senate bill as amended; it passed 342-88. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: The PACT Act for toxic exposure

  28. S. 3373, Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3373

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The vehicle that became Public Law 117-168 on August 10, 2022, after the House passed it on July 13 and the Senate agreed to the House amendment on August 2.

    official legislative record

    For: The PACT Act for toxic exposure

  29. Public Law 117-168, Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ168/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text, used for the Act's full title.

    official legislative record

    For: The PACT Act for toxic exposure

  30. H.R. 3429, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3429

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 26, 2017, his first year in office; referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  31. H.R. 1078, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1078

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 7, 2019; referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  32. H.R. 4382, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4382

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 9, 2021; referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  33. H.R. 717, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/717

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 1, 2023 with 20 cosponsors; referred to the Judiciary Committee and went no further. The text concerns noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions.

    official legislative record

    For: Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

  34. Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (document)

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of March 9, 2022, Book III. The Agriculture division's community project funding table, printed as page images, has on page H1729 (PDF page 21, rotated) the row: Rural Development | Community Facilities | Brooks County VFW | VFW Lopez Williams Post | TX | 304,454 | House requester Gonzalez, Vicente | Origination H. Column headings: Agency, Account, Project, Recipient, Location, Amount Provided, Requestor(s) House and Senate, Origination. PDF SHA-256 9215a670933407a8d7346ee63dfe8b803494d5993a15ae3e5a65b254b3093821. H.R. 2471 became Public Law 117-103. Re-read on September 23, 2026 by OCR of the page turned upright; the row is as given.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  35. H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2471

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Became Public Law 117-103 on March 15, 2022.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  36. Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division L (document)

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Submitted by Senator Leahy, December 20, 2022. The Transportation-HUD community project funding table has on page S9538 (PDF page 214, rotated) the row: Department of Housing and Urban Development | Community Development Fund | New VFW Post 8788 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8788 | TX | 750,000 | House requester Gonzalez, Vicente | Origination H. The GovInfo HTML prints the table as an image; the PDF carries a text layer. PDF SHA-256 82b45ef2eb706be327fc45884d3072aea3c40d689f1b2d08536841c196c90332. H.R. 2617 became Public Law 117-328.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  37. H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Became Public Law 117-328 on December 29, 2022.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  38. Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (document)

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Submitted by Senator Murray, March 5, 2024, covering Divisions A to F. The Transportation-HUD community project funding table has on page S2158 (PDF page 936, rotated) the row: Department of Housing and Urban Development | Community Development Fund | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2410 | New VFW Post 2410 Building | TX | 850,000 | House requester Gonzalez | Origination H. The same page lists four more Gonzalez projects, $5,850,000 together. The HTML prints the table as "[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED]"; the page was read from the PDF image. PDF SHA-256 5f46243e2976b003c79c7a36e4713b90f49a1016e6fa846c7592a6767fc0e8d2. H.R. 4366 became Public Law 118-42. Re-read on September 23, 2026 by OCR of the page turned upright; the row is as given.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  39. H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Became Public Law 118-42 on March 9, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal money for VFW posts

  40. Roll Call 385, 2021, H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021385

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 19, 2021; the question was on passage; it passed 220-213. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: A $35 cap on insulin; Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  41. H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr5376eh/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The engrossed text of November 19, 2021. Section 30604 would have barred group health plans and individual insurance from charging more than $35 a month for selected insulin products from 2023; sections 27001 and 139401 carry the same rule for other plan types. This version did not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: A $35 cap on insulin; Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  42. H.R. 6101, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2021, as introducedhttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr6101ih/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The introduced text of December 1, 2021 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill". It amends section 1927(e) of the Social Security Act to require pass-through pricing in Medicaid contracts with pharmacy benefit managers. Congress.gov lists Carter as sponsor and Gonzalez as the only original cosponsor; referred to the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  43. H.R. 1613, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023, as introducedhttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr1613ih/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The introduced text of March 17, 2023 reads "Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Ross, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Auchincloss) introduced the following bill". Congress.gov lists Gonzalez first of five original cosponsors, 37 cosponsors in all; referred to the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  44. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr5378eh/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The engrossed text. Section 202, "Improving transparency and preventing the use of abusive spread pricing and related practices in Medicaid", amends the same section 1927(e) as the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act. The bill passed the House on December 11, 2023 and went no further. No spread-pricing provision was found in Public Law 119-21 or Public Law 119-75, searched by "spread pricing" and "1396r-8".

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  45. Roll Call 708, 2023, H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023708

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2023; the question was on suspending the rules and passing the bill as amended; it passed 320-71, with one Present. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  46. H.R. 4317, PBM Reform Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4317

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Buddy Carter of Georgia on July 10, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor, one of 70 cosponsors. The bill itself went no further, but its sections 2, 3 and 4 became law in Public Law 119-75.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  47. Public Law 119-75, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text, approved February 3, 2026. Division J carries sections 2, 3 and 4 of H.R. 4317 as sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 (the last adding ERISA section 726 and tax code section 9826). H.R. 4317's two Medicaid sections, 5 and 6, are not in it; "spread pricing" does not appear.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  48. Roll Call 45, 2026, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202645

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of January 22, 2026; the question was on passage; it passed 341-88. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  49. Roll Call 53, 2026, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 3, 2026; the question was on concurring in the Senate amendments; it passed 217-214. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  50. H.R. 6609, Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6609

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Jake Auchincloss on December 11, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  51. H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6610

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Jake Auchincloss on December 11, 2025; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. Ordered reported, amended, 40-2.

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  52. Vicente Gonzalez, cosponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581/cosponsored-legislation

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The whole list, 1,612 items, read to find the strongest support for his drug-price claim. More than twenty titles concern the price or coverage of prescription drugs, insulin or pharmacies, among them the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3, 116th Congress) and the Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R. 1488, 118th).

    official legislative record

    For: Introducing legislation on prescription drug prices

  53. Roll Call 637, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017637

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 16, 2017; the question was on passage; it passed 227-205. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  54. Roll Call 692, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017692

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 19, 2017; the question was on agreeing to the conference report; it passed 227-203. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  55. Roll Call 699, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017699

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 20, 2017; the question was on concurring in the Senate amendment; it passed 224-201. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  56. Public Law 115-97, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acthttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-115publ97/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text, approved December 22, 2017. Section 11081, "Elimination of shared responsibility payment for individuals failing to maintain minimum essential coverage", sets the Affordable Care Act's individual-mandate penalty to zero per cent and $0 for months after December 31, 2018.

    official legislative record

    For: Efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  57. Roll Call 49, 2021, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202149

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 27, 2021; the question was on passage. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  58. Roll Call 72, 2021, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 10, 2021; the question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, the House's final vote. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  59. Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/PLAW-117publ2/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 9611 enlarged the child tax credit for 2021 only.

    official legislative record

    For: Votes on the child tax credit, energy costs and drug prices

  60. H.R. 6708, Student Loan Relief Act, 117th Congresshttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr6708ih/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced text. Gonzalez is its only sponsor, on February 11, 2022. It directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Referred to committee; no further action. He had introduced the same title in the 116th Congress as H.R. 8514.

    official legislative record

    For: Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt

  61. H.R. 5013, Affordable Homeownership Access Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5013

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on August 13, 2021; referred to the Financial Services Committee. He had introduced the same title in the 116th Congress as H.R. 5614.

    official legislative record

    For: Legislation on homeownership

  62. H.R. 7647, MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7647

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 23, 2026, with Brian Fitzpatrick as original cosponsor; referred to the Financial Services Committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Legislation on homeownership

  63. Campaign home pagehttps://vicentegonzalez.com/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source; the page carries the line "Political Adv. Paid for by the Vicente Gonzalez for Congress Committee", and it is the website his committee filed with the FEC. It links X, Instagram and Facebook accounts under votevicente. Positions and claims are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: More than $8 billion for the region

  64. Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/CREC-2026-01-22/granules/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2/htm

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Submitted by Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, January 22, 2026, pages H1353 to H1909. Its community project funding tables list ten Community Development Fund projects with Gonzalez in the House requester column, from $250,000 to $2,000,000 and together $8,265,467. The statement covers four of the year's twelve bills, Divisions A to D; Division C, Homeland Security, is not in Public Law 119-75. Projects in the other bills are listed elsewhere and were not totalled.

    official legislative record

    For: More than $8 billion for the region

  65. H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: More than $8 billion for the region

  66. Roll Call 52, 2024, H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202452

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 15, 2024; the question was on passage; it passed 224-200. Democrats voted 9-200. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.

    official legislative record

    For: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  67. H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7176

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas. Passed the House on February 15, 2024; its action list shows no public law.

    official legislative record

    For: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  68. H.R. 7176, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr7176eh/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The engrossed text. Section 2 strikes the Natural Gas Act's separate export and import approval (section 3(a)-(c)), leaves the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alone to approve export and import facilities, including LNG terminals, and requires it to deem those exports and imports consistent with the public interest.

    official legislative record

    For: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  69. H.R. 9355, LNG For Allies Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9355

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas, introduced November 22, 2022; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. The introduced text, BILLS-117hr9355ih on GovInfo, would amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of gas export applications to certain allies. It was referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  70. 15 U.S.C. 717b, exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminalshttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717b&num=0&edition=prelim

    Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act. Subsection (e)(1) gives the Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion or operation of an LNG terminal.

    official legislative record

    For: LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

  71. Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (document)

    Texas Secretary of State · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The final ballot certification for the November 3, 2026 general election, signed by Deputy Secretary of State Dave Nelson on August 28, 2026. Its U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 34 block lists ERIC FLORES (REP), VICENTE GONZALEZ (DEM), CHRIS ROYAL (LIB) and EDDIE ESPINOZA (GRE), in that order, which is the ballot order this desk follows. The block appears under five counties: Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces and Willacy. The whole 5,919,631-byte file was read.

    official election record

    For: Final ballot certified; The new congressional map is signed

  72. VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering April 1 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026 and read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report of the period. The $425,000 of debt is what remains of a $750,000 loan he made to the committee from his own funds on August 31, 2022.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot

  73. Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agendahttps://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-special-session-agenda-

    Office of the Texas Governor · Published Jul 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Release of July 9, 2025 announcing the proclamation for the special session beginning July 21. One of its 18 items is a revised congressional redistricting plan.

    official office record

    For: Redistricting put on the special session agenda