Tejana. Fronteriza. Proudly representing El Paso in the U.S. House of Representatives.
El Paso, TX
Joined December 2018
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I’m looking forward to ending cruelty that has been the hallmark for this administration and focusing on uplifting our fellow human beings.
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I’m committed to getting my bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill - the Dignity Act - to the President’s desk.
I’m ready to work, listen, and make this legislation better. I encourage all of my colleagues to come to the table and work with me. Our communities deserve nothing less.
Rep. Veronica Escobar retweeted
Republicans just showed their hand by passing the largest cut in veterans' benefits history on Veterans Day. They were so ashamed to vote for it that none of them requested a recorded vote. Ranking Member @RepMarkTakano is outraged, and so should every veteran in this nation.
🔗: democrats-veterans.house.gov……
The House has taken an important step toward delivering long-overdue justice for our nation’s combat-injured veterans.
The Major Richard Star Act would end the unfair practice of forcing medically retired veterans to choose between the military retirement pay they earned and the VA disability compensation they deserve.
I’m proud to support this bipartisan effort as it passed the House today, and will continue to fight to get the Major Richard Star Act over the finish line.
This Veterans Day, we honor all who wore the uniform by reaffirming a simple promise: our obligation to those who served doesn’t end when their service does.
Veterans deserve the care, benefits, and support they’ve earned. Today, and always, I’m thinking of our veterans.
I'm incredibly supportive of finding a more prominent location for our plaque honoring law enforcement that responded on January 6th.
It's a shame Republicans hid it for so long. We're righting that wrong.
NEW: The Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement will be moved somewhere more prominent once Democrats are in charge of Congress, Rep. Joe Morelle tells @ChrisMarquette_
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This long overdue good news is a direct result of record Democratic turnout in our community and across the state.
This is what happens when the people use our collective voice at the ballot box.
BREAKING: Texas AG Ken Paxton has dropped a lawsuit seeking to shut down El Paso’s Annunciation House, ending a nearly three-year legal fight over the migrant shelter network and its work serving people arriving at the border. elpasomatters.org/2026/11/09…
Under Democratic leadership, our state will be redirecting its time, energy, and resources to issues that matter instead of the partisan bullying we’d grown accustomed to under Republicans.
Rep. Veronica Escobar retweeted
Michell Germán should have been on the field for senior night in El Paso over the weekend—not at the Dilley Trailer Prison with her family. Holding up her poster, her friends at El Paso High made sure a piece of her was there anyway.
Trump’s mass deportation campaign continues to rip families apart, hurt communities, and rob children like Michell of important moments in their lives.
I’m working with @RepEscobar to bring Michell and her family home to El Paso. We must shut down the Dilley Trailer Prison once and for all.
Permitting reform must be undertaken expeditiously, but it can’t happen at the expense of tribal communities.
Proud to stand with my colleagues in urging the Senate to vote no on BAAJA.
Today @Rep_Grijalva and I issued the following statement in opposition to the Senate Permitting Bill (BAAJA) S. 5653 and the Managers Amendment released today ⬇️
An immediate priority for our party should be to prevent private companies like Acquisition Logistics, CoreCivic, and others from further profiting off human suffering and cruelty.
Accountability at places like Camp East Montana and Dilley is coming.
Dem control already factoring into private detention plans. During @CoreCivic earnings call today, CEO Lucibeth Mayberry was asked if election results will affect future sales of ICE facilities to DHS. "We would urge the ICE administration to to move quickly," she said.
I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dolores Huerta.
For 70 years, she paved the way for working people and the labor movement in our country. She will be deeply missed.
May she rest in power.
BREAKING: Dolores Huerta, labor rights leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, dies at 96. nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/…
My heart hurts thinking of the terror these precious, innocent children and the school staff and teachers lived through -- but even moreso for the grieving family members whose babies and loved ones were taken from them.
Praying that the Bend community find peace and comfort in this tragic time.
We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the pain and horror that a country with unfettered access to guns creates.
A 5-year-old, 8-year-old, 11-year-old and one teacher were killed in the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday, authorities said in a press conference. Two other victims, a 7-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to a hospital with injuries.
Officers responded to the scene three minutes after a person in a vehicle called 911 to report being shot at multiple times. Moments later, authorities reported that a community member shot and killed the suspect, after seeing them enter the school. cbsn.ws/4ypPyoH
Attacking your political rivals (22 days before an election, no less) is un-American at its core.
This is fascism and it could not be more plain.
Over the past three years since the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th, an unimaginable number of Israeli and Palestinian lives have been lost or irrevocably changed amidst horrific death and destruction.
As we reflect on this day, I join the chorus of continued calls for a permanent, enduring peace that prioritizes the dignity of all people.
Rep. Veronica Escobar retweeted
Trump says our economy is the best in the world. Maybe it is — for his billionaire donors.
Hardworking Americans are getting screwed by high prices and depreciating wages.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The image is misleading for 2 reasons:
- it commits a “chart crime” by using two different Y-axis.
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- Compensation has shifted from wages to benefits, which is hidden from this chart; workers get ~19% of compensation via benefits now, vs as low as 2% historically.
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So proud that El Paso has a county attorney (and her great team) fighting for fair elections free from coercive influence - a battle fought and a victory won on behalf of all voters everywhere.
A federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s illegal attempt to use anti-terrorism funds to coerce local governments into changing their election rules ahead of the midterm elections. drive.google.com/drive/folde… @ElPasoCounty @EP_Elections
Reminder: back in June, we tried to pass an amendment to prevent the use of federal funds for border barriers at Big Bend, and every single Republican - including those from Texas - voted against it.
An almost $2 trillion corporation using tax loopholes to get richer off of American taxpayers.
I'm working on a bill to close this now.
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