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Rep filemon vela mikaela carter9/25/2023 He is vehemently opposed to the construction of a border wall and is focused on bringing peace and security to our neighbors in Matamoros and Reynosa. In Congress, Vela has been a strong advocate for immigrant rights, education programs-including Head Start and Pell Grants for college students-and community health centers. Congressman Vela holds seats on the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit, and chairs the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee. He was again the lone Texas Democrat appointed to the 2017 Farm Bill Conference Committee. He was the only Texas Democrat appointed by the House of Representatives’ Leadership to serve as a negotiator on the Conference Committee which drafted the 2014 Farm Bill. Vela serves as Co-Chair of the Congressional Border Caucus, where he leads efforts to reform the nation’s immigration laws, and expands investments in border communities and infrastructure, including ports and roads, to strengthen trade.Ĭongressman Vela also sits on the Committee on Agriculture as Vice Ranking Member. His interest in public service grew from his work helping individuals seek justice in state and federal courts as an attorney for more than 20 years in South Texas.Īs a member of the House Armed Service Committee, including the Tactical Air and Land Forces and the Sea Power and Projection Forces Subcommittees, Congressman Vela actively supports the missions of Naval Air Station Kingsville, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and Corpus Christi Army Depot, and troops deployed across the globe. After graduating from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he attended the University of Texas School of Law. Vela attended Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas. Congressman Vela’s mother, Blanca Sanchez Vela, served as the first, and to this day the only, female mayor of Brownsville. President Jimmy Carter appointed Congressman Vela’s father, Filemon Vela Sr., as one of the first Hispanic federal judges, where he presided over the Southern District of Texas. His ancestors purchased land from the McAllen family to e stablish the Laguna Seca Ranch where the first citrus orchard in Hidalgo County was planted. Born in Harlingen, Texas, and raised in Brownsville, Congressman Vela’s roots run deep in South Texas.
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