Press Releases

Join me on Saturday, March 15 for a health care event that I am pleased to host in conjunction with the West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and local agencies from 10:00a.m.-1:00p.m. at El Progreso Hall, 1306 Guadalupe St, 78207. This event is free and open to the public, and we will provide information on how to purchase health insurance and where to get help. Please make sure you bring the following with you in order to register.

January 29, 2014

January 28, 2014

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for the 2014-15 school year is availableonline. Students in the San Antonio area can attend “Student Aid San Antonio” every Saturday in February at the Dr. Manuel P. Berriozábal Café College to get help completing the FAFSA. Students in the Austin area can take advantage of “Financial Aid Saturdays” sessions hosted by the Austin Chamber. Click on the links below to access the FAFSA and for more information about these help sessions.

January 13, 2014

January 8, 2014

January 6, 2014

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for the 2014-15 School Year is now available. You can find instructions from the Department of Education on how to fill the application out by clicking on the link below. I successfully included language in the last Higher Education Reauthorization Act that allows individuals to automatically import their tax data from the IRS, reducing, at least a little, of this application’s previous complexity.

December 16, 2013

December 12, 2013

There are no more important issues in Congress than war and peace. Today, I spoke on the House floor in support of diplomacy with Iran. I believe that the sanctions, which I have consistently supported, worked to get Iran to the negotiating table. Now we need to allow our diplomats an opportunity to move from an interim agreement to a much more difficult comprehensive, permanent agreement to avoid nuclear weapons in Iran.