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JJoaquin Castro

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 Current: US Representative of TX District 20 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat

Leadership: Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
District:  the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas.
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History: From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives. While in the state legislature, he served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee.

Joaquin Castro was born a minute after his twin brother Julian, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Obama. Castro graduated from Stanford in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications.

After law school, the two brothers worked for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld before starting their own firm in 2005.

In 2018, Castro was named as the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and Fellow of the Dávila Chair in International Trade Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

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U.S. House Passed Key Investments in San Antonio Community Projects! I worked with local organizations to secure over $7 million to help San Antonio families and support our city’s economy.

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Joaquin CastroJoaquin has worked hard to seize the opportunities created by the sacrifices of his grandmother and prior generations. After finishing high school a year early, Joaquin left San Antonio to graduate with honors from Stanford University in 1996. He then went on to attend Harvard Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate degree in 2000. Upon his return to San Antonio at 28 years old, Joaquin joined a private law practice and was elected to the Texas Legislature. He served five terms as state representative for District 125. In 2012, Joaquin was elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives as representative of Texas’ 20th Congressional District, which covers a large portion of San Antonio and Bexar County. Joaquin’s identical twin brother, Julián Castro, was elected in 2013 to his third term as Mayor of San Antonio. On July 28, 2014, Julian Castro was sworn in as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Joaquin’s respect for public service developed at a young age and was deeply influenced by his parents’ involvement in political movements and civic causes. His father, a retired teacher, and his mother, a renowned community activist, instilled in him a deep appreciation for the democratic process and the importance of serving one’s community.

Despite a difficult political environment during his time as state legislator, Joaquin transcended partisan gridlock to help restore millions of dollars in funding to critical health care and education programs. As Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Committee and Democratic Floor Leader in the Texas House, he was also at the forefront in proposing forward-thinking legislative reforms in the areas of mental health, teen pregnancy, and juvenile justice.

Now in his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Joaquin serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee. He was the 2013 Co-President for the House freshman Democrats and currently serves as Chair of the Texas Democratic Caucus.

Outside of the legislative chamber, Joaquin has demonstrated a strong commitment to his community. He created the Trailblazers College Tour, personally raising money to send underprivileged students on college visits, giving them exposure to some of the nation’s best institutions of higher education. He also founded SA READS, San Antonio’s largest literacy campaign and book drive. Over 200,000 books have been distributed to more than 150 schools and shelters across the city. To honor and express gratitude to San Antonio grandparents and other family members raising relatives who aren’t their children, Joaquin created the annual Families Helping Families dinner and awards. He has also taught as a visiting professor of law at St. Mary’s University and as an adjunct professor at Trinity University. Joaquin is active on several boards of education-related, non-profit organizations, including the National College Advising Corps, and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials’ (NALEO) Taskforce on Education.

Having experienced America’s promise firsthand, Joaquin wants to help build out what he calls the Infrastructure of Opportunity so that future generations will have the same chance to pursue their American Dream. Joaquin believes that just as there is an infrastructure of transportation that helps us get to where we want to go on the road there is an Infrastructure of Opportunity that helps Americans get to where they want to go in life. It is that Infrastructure of Opportunity – great public schools and universities, a sound healthcare system, and good-paying jobs –  that enables Americans to pursue their American Dream. Our centuries-long commitment to building and preserving this infrastructure is what distinguishes America among the nations of the world.

As Congressman, Joaquin continues to be a tireless advocate for those who call San Antonio home. From supporting military families to investing in education, Joaquin remains committed to helping mold an Infrastructure of Opportunity for San Antonians and Americans around the country.

Personal

Full Name: Joaquin Castro

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Anna; 2 Children: Andrea, Roman

Birth Date: 09/16/1974

Birth Place: San Antonio, TX

Home City: San Antonio, TX

Religion: Catholic

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Education

JD, Harvard Law School, 1997-2000

BA, Political Science/Communications, Stanford University, 1992-1996

Political Experience

Assistant Whip, House Democrats, United States House of Representatives, 2013-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 20, 2012-present

Democrat Floor Leader, Texas State House of Representatives

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 20, 2024

Co-President, House Freshman Democrats, United States House of Representatives, 2013

Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 2002-2012

Professional Experience

Lawyer, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Limited Liability Partnership

Lawyer, Private Law Practice

Visiting Professor, School of Law, Saint Mary’s University

Former Adjunct Professor of Law, Trinity University

Campaign Chair, Julian Castro for President Campaign, 2020

Offices

Washington D.C. Office
2241 Rayburn House
Washington, DC 20515
Phone 202-225-3236
Fax 202-225-1915

San Antonio Office
727 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd Suite B-128
San Antonio, TX 78206
Phone 210-348-8216
Fax 210-979-0737
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Committees

Castro sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where I serve as the Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee.

Caucus Membership

Congressional Hispanic Caucus

U.S.-Japan Caucus (founding co-chair)

Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus (founding co-chair)

New Democrat Coalition

USO Congressional Caucus

CyberSecurity Caucus 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Caucus (co-chair)

Congressional Caucus on ASEAN (founding co-chair)

U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus

Congressional United Kingdom Caucus

Congressional Singapore Caucus

Congressional French Caucus

Friends of Switzerland Caucus

Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Congressional Morocco Caucus

Congressional Friends of Denmark Caucus

Congressional Taiwan Caucus

Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus

Common Ground Caucus

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Issues

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  • EDUCATION
  • ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
  • FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • HEALTH CARE
  • JOBS AND THE ECONOMY
  • LOCAL ISSUES
  • MILITARY ISSUES
  • PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • SENIORS ISSUES
  • THE DIPLOMATIC CABLE

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District

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Texas’s 20th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas. The district is heavily Latino/Hispanic (predominantly of Mexican descent), as is the surrounding area. Charlie Gonzalez, who represented the district from 1999 to 2013 after succeeding his father, Henry B. González, did not seek re-election in the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections. State representative Joaquin Castro, the Democratic nominee to replace Gonzalez, defeated David Rosa, the Republican nominee, in the race for Texas’s 20th district on November 6, 2012. His term began on January 3, 2013.

The 20th district is heavily Democratic. It has never sent a Republican to Congress, and has not supported a Republican for president since 1956. In 1972, this was one of two congressional districts in the state of Texas to vote for George McGovern (the other being the 18th district in Houston). In 1984, this district gave Walter Mondale 59% of its vote.

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                                    American politician (born 1974)

                                    Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974)[1] is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas’s 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

                                    From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives.[2] While in the state legislature, he served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee. He also previously served on other committees, such as County Affairs, Border & International Affairs, and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues.[2]

                                    Joaquin served as campaign chair for his identical twin brother, Julian Castro, during his 2020 presidential campaign.[3][4]

                                    Early life, education, and early career

                                    Castro was born and raised in San Antonio and attended Thomas Jefferson High School (San Antonio, TX). He was born a minute after his twin brother Julian.[5] He has said that his interest in public service developed at a young age from watching his parents’ involvement in political campaigns and civic causes. His father, Jessie Guzman, is a retired mathematics teacher from the Edgewood Independent School District on San Antonio’s west side, and his mother, Marie “Rosie” Castro, is a community activist. Jessie and Rosie never married. Castro’s mother named him after Rodolfo Gonzales‘s poem I Am Joaquin.[6] He graduated with honors from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and communications and earned a Juris Doctor with his twin brother at Harvard Law School.[7] After law school, the brothers both worked for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld before starting their own firm in 2005.[8]

                                    Texas House of Representatives

                                    Elections

                                    Castro ran for Texas’s 125th House district seat in 2002. In the Democratic primary, he defeated incumbent Representative Arthur Reyna, 64% to 36%.[9] In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee Nelson Balido, 60% to 40%. He was 28 at the time of his election.[10] In 2004, he was reelected unopposed.[11] In 2006, he was reelected to a third term, defeating Balido, 58% to 38%.[11] In 2008, he was reelected to a fourth term unopposed.[11] In 2010, he was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Libertarian Jeffrey Blunt, 78% to 22%.[11]

                                    Committee assignments

                                    • County Affairs
                                    • Higher Education (Vice Chair)[12]
                                    • Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
                                    • Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency[13]

                                    U.S. House of Representatives

                                    Elections

                                    In June 2011, Castro announced his candidacy for the newly drawn Texas’s 35th congressional district‘s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was initially set to challenge fellow Democrat and nine-term incumbent Lloyd Doggett, whose home in Austin had been drawn into the district, in the Democratic primary,[14] but on November 28, after Charlie Gonzalez of the neighboring 20th district announced his retirement after seven terms, Castro announced that he would run instead for the 20th district seat. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, all but assuring him of winning the general election in this heavily Democratic, Hispanic-majority district. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, he introduced his brother Julián as keynote speaker.[12] In November, Castro defeated Republican nominee David Rosa 64%-34%.[15] becoming only the fifth person to represent this district since its creation in 1935.

                                    In 2017, San Antonio Express-News columnist Bruce Davidson questioned Castro’s decision not to enter the 2018 U.S. Senate race against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz, a 2016 presidential candidate. Davidson predicted that Castro could have defeated the announced candidate, Beto O’Rourke, representative of Texas’s 16th congressional district based in El Paso, for the Democratic nomination. “Castro is said to be ambitious, but will he ever have a better chance to move up than in the Trump-era against Ted Cruz?,” Davidson wrote. He added that Texas’s other senator, Republican John Cornyn, would have taken advantage of a similar opportunity to run. In 2002, Cornyn, the state’s then one-term attorney general, filed to succeed retiring Republican Senator Phil Gramm, while two other Republican hopefuls, Henry Bonilla of Texas’s 23rd congressional district and David Dewhurst, the land commissioner and later the lieutenant governor, vacillated and lost their chances to become a senator. Bonilla was defeated for House reelection after redistricting in 2006, and Dewhurst lost the 2012 Republican runoff Senate election to Cruz.[16]

                                    Tenure

                                    Representative Castro preparing to deliver a keynote speech at LULAC.
                                    Castro with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in August 2015

                                    Castro was sworn into office on January 3, 2013, becoming a member of the 113th United States Congress. He was chosen as the president of the freshman class of Democrats in the 113th Congress.[17]

                                    In the 114th Congress, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer named Castro a Chief Deputy Whip.[18] During the 2016 presidential election, Castro served as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton‘s campaign.[19] He was selected as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for the 116th Congress.[20]

                                    On January 12, 2019, Castro introduced and endorsed his twin brother, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, at the launch rally of Julián’s 2020 presidential campaign.

                                    In February 2019, Castro authored House Joint Resolution 46[21] to overturn Trump’s declaration of a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States, under which Trump said he would divert funds from other sources to construct a wall along the U.S. and Mexico border.[22] The bill passed the House by a vote of 245–182 on February 15, and the Senate by a vote of 59–41 on March 15.[23][24] Trump vetoed the Joint Resolution on March 15.[25]

                                    In August 2019, Castro tweeted the names and employers of 44 San Antonio residents who had given the maximum allowable contribution to Trump’s reelection campaign. He said it was “sad to see so many San Antonians” whose “contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders’.”[26] The information came from publicly available lists published by the Federal Election Commission. Republicans denounced the tweet, saying that such a “target list” invites harassment and could even encourage violence.[27]

                                    In July 2020, following House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson Eliot Engel‘s defeat for reelection, Castro declared his candidacy for chair. The other candidates were the eventually victorious Gregory Meeks and Brad Sherman, who had defeated former chairperson Howard Berman in a 2012 primary.[28][citation needed]

                                    On January 12, 2021, Castro was named an impeachment manager (prosecutor) for Trump’s second impeachment trial.[29]

                                    Castro was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[30]

                                    Castro votes with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight analysis completed in January 2023.[31]

                                    Committee assignments

                                    • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence[32]
                                      • Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee
                                      • National Security Agency & Cyber Subcommittee
                                    • Committee on Foreign Affairs
                                      • United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere (Ranking Member)
                                      • United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific

                                    Caucus memberships

                                    • Congressional Progressive Caucus
                                    • New Democrat Coalition[33]
                                    • Congressional Hispanic Caucus[34]
                                    • U.S.-Japan Caucus[35] (Founder)
                                    • Bipartisan Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus (Founder)
                                    • ASEAN Caucus (Founder)

                                    Personal life

                                    Representative Joaquin Castro (left) and his twin brother, then-San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro (right), at the LBJ Presidential Library.

                                    Family

                                    Castro is the son of Jesse Guzman and Rosie Castro and the identical twin brother of Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;[4] he is one minute younger than Julián.[36] In 2019, Joaquin grew a beard so that people could distinguish him from his brother.[37]

                                    In 2013, Castro became engaged to Anna Flores. Julián Castro made the announcement on his Facebook page.[38] The couple had a daughter in 2013,[39][40] a son in 2016,[41] and a second daughter in 2022.[42]

                                    Other work and board memberships

                                    While in the Texas Legislature, Castro practiced law in San Antonio. He has also been a visiting professor of law at St. Mary’s University and an adjunct professor at Trinity University in San Antonio.[43] He sits on several boards of nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education, including the National College Advising Corps.

                                    Health

                                    In February 2023, Castro had surgery to remove neuroendocrine tumors and described his prognosis as “good” afterward.[44]

                                    See also

                                    • List of Harvard University politicians
                                    • List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

                                    References

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                                    3. ^ Merica, Dan (January 12, 2019). “Julián Castro officially announces 2020 presidential bid”. CNN. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
                                    4. ^ a b Gillman, Todd J (July 25, 2014). “Julián Castro to take office Monday as Housing Secretary”. Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
                                    5. ^ “Not My Job: We Quiz The Secretary Of Urban Development On Urban Dictionary”. July 16, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
                                    6. ^ Castro, Julián (2018). Un Viaje Improbable. Little, Brown and Company. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-316-25212-6.
                                    7. ^ Representatives, Texas House of. “Texas House of Representatives”. house.texas.gov.
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                                    13. ^ “Texas Legislature Online – 82nd Legislature – Information for Rep. Joaquin Castro”. www.legis.state.tx.us.
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                                    15. ^ “Our Campaigns – TX District 20 Race – Nov 06, 2012”. www.ourcampaigns.com.
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                                    37. ^ Hayes, Christal; Cummings, William. “‘I’m not running for president!’: Rep. Joaquin Castro hopes beard saves him from being confused with twin”. USA TODAY. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
                                    38. ^ Gonzalez, John W. (June 18, 2013). “Mayor says Congressman Castro engaged”. mySA.
                                    39. ^ Source, The Reliable (December 15, 2013). “Love, etc.: Rep. Joaquin Castro and wife welcome a baby girl” – via www.washingtonpost.com.
                                    40. ^ Joaquin Castro [@JoaquinCastrotx] (December 15, 2013). “Anna & I proudly welcoming our first child Andrea Elena in #SanAntonio this a.m. Thank you to all the well wishers!” (Tweet) – via Twitter./photo/1
                                    41. ^ Joaquin Castro [@JoaquinCastrotx] (February 2, 2016). “Anna and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Roman Victor Castro” (Tweet) – via Twitter.
                                    42. ^ Ibañez, David (May 3, 2022). “U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro announces birth of baby girl”. KSAT. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
                                    43. ^ Baugh, Josh (September 24, 2015). “Castro brothers’ legacy still being written”. San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
                                    44. ^ Papp, Justin (February 27, 2023). “Rep. Castro prognosis ‘good’ after surgery for gastrointestinal tumors”. Roll Call. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

                                    External links

                                    • Congressman Joaquin Castro official U.S. House website
                                    • Joaquin Castro for Congress
                                    • Appearances on C-SPAN
                                    • Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
                                    • Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
                                    • Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
                                    • Profile at Vote Smart
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                                    • 119th United States Congress
                                    • List of acts of the 119th United States Congress
                                    Second impeachment and impeachment trial of Donald Trump
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                                    • ▌J. Hensarling (R)
                                    • ▌M. Conaway (R)
                                    • ▌H. Cuellar (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gohmert (R)
                                    • ▌A. Green (D)
                                    • ▌K. Marchant (R)
                                    • ▌M. McCaul (R)
                                    • ▌T. Poe (R)
                                    • ▌P. Olson (R)
                                    • ▌B. Farenthold (R)
                                    • ▌B. Flores (R)
                                    • ▌J. Castro (D)
                                    • ▌B. O’Rourke (D)
                                    • ▌M. Veasey (D)
                                    • ▌F. Vela Jr. (D)
                                    • ▌R. Weber (R)
                                    • ▌R. Williams (R)
                                    • ▌B. Babin (R)
                                    • ▌W. Hurd (R)
                                    • ▌J. Ratcliffe (R)
                                    • ▌J. Arrington (R)
                                    • ▌V. Gonzalez (D)
                                    • ▌M. Cloud (R)
                                    116th
                                    Senate: ▌J. Cornyn (R) · ▌T. Cruz (R)
                                    House:
                                    • ▌E. B. Johnson (D)
                                    • ▌L. Doggett (D)
                                    • ▌S. Jackson Lee (D)
                                    • ▌M. Thornberry (R)
                                    • ▌K. Brady (R)
                                    • ▌K. Granger (R)
                                    • ▌M. Burgess (R)
                                    • ▌J. Carter (R)
                                    • ▌M. Conaway (R)
                                    • ▌H. Cuellar (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gohmert (R)
                                    • ▌A. Green (D)
                                    • ▌K. Marchant (R)
                                    • ▌M. McCaul (R)
                                    • ▌P. Olson (R)
                                    • ▌B. Flores (R)
                                    • ▌J. Castro (D)
                                    • ▌M. Veasey (D)
                                    • ▌F. Vela Jr. (D)
                                    • ▌R. Weber (R)
                                    • ▌R. Williams (R)
                                    • ▌B. Babin (R)
                                    • ▌W. Hurd (R)
                                    • ▌J. Ratcliffe (R)
                                    • ▌J. Arrington (R)
                                    • ▌V. Gonzalez (D)
                                    • ▌M. Cloud (R)
                                    • ▌C. Allred (D)
                                    • ▌D. Crenshaw (R)
                                    • ▌V. Escobar (D)
                                    • ▌S. Garcia (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gooden (R)
                                    • ▌L. Fletcher (D)
                                    • ▌C. Roy (R)
                                    • ▌V. Taylor (R)
                                    • ▌R. Wright (R)
                                    117th
                                    Senate: ▌J. Cornyn (R) · ▌T. Cruz (R)
                                    House:
                                    • ▌E. B. Johnson (D)
                                    • ▌L. Doggett (D)
                                    • ▌S. Jackson Lee (D)
                                    • ▌K. Brady (R)
                                    • ▌K. Granger (R)
                                    • ▌P. Sessions (R)
                                    • ▌M. Burgess (R)
                                    • ▌J. Carter (R)
                                    • ▌H. Cuellar (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gohmert (R)
                                    • ▌A. Green (D)
                                    • ▌M. McCaul (R)
                                    • ▌J. Castro (D)
                                    • ▌M. Veasey (D)
                                    • ▌F. Vela Jr. (D)
                                    • ▌R. Weber (R)
                                    • ▌R. Williams (R)
                                    • ▌B. Babin (R)
                                    • ▌J. Arrington (R)
                                    • ▌V. Gonzalez (D)
                                    • ▌M. Cloud (R)
                                    • ▌C. Allred (D)
                                    • ▌D. Crenshaw (R)
                                    • ▌V. Escobar (D)
                                    • ▌S. Garcia (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gooden (R)
                                    • ▌L. Fletcher (D)
                                    • ▌C. Roy (R)
                                    • ▌V. Taylor (R)
                                    • ▌R. Wright (R)
                                    • ▌P. Fallon (R)
                                    • ▌T. Gonzales (R)
                                    • ▌R. Jackson (R)
                                    • ▌T. Nehls (R)
                                    • ▌A. Pfluger (R)
                                    • ▌B. Van Duyne (R)
                                    • ▌J. Ellzey (R)
                                    • ▌M. Flores (R)
                                    118th
                                    Senate: ▌J. Cornyn (R) · ▌R. Cruz (R)
                                    House:
                                    • ▌L. Doggett (D)
                                    • ▌S. Jackson Lee (D)
                                    • ▌N. Granger (R)
                                    • ▌P. Sessions (R)
                                    • ▌M. Burgess (R)
                                    • ▌J. Carter (R)
                                    • ▌E. Cuellar (D)
                                    • ▌A. Green (D)
                                    • ▌M. McCaul (R)
                                    • ▌J. Castro (D)
                                    • ▌M. Veasey (D)
                                    • ▌R. Weber (R)
                                    • ▌J. Williams (R)
                                    • ▌B. Babin (R)
                                    • ▌J. Arrington (R)
                                    • ▌V. Gonzalez (D)
                                    • ▌M. Cloud (R)
                                    • ▌C. Allred (D)
                                    • ▌D. Crenshaw (R)
                                    • ▌V. Escobar (D)
                                    • ▌S. Garcia (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gooden (R)
                                    • ▌E. Fletcher (D)
                                    • ▌C. Roy (R)
                                    • ▌P. Fallon (R)
                                    • ▌E. Gonzales (R)
                                    • ▌R. Jackson (R)
                                    • ▌T. Nehls (R)
                                    • ▌A. Pfluger (R)
                                    • ▌B. Van Duyne (R)
                                    • ▌J. Ellzey (R)
                                    • ▌G. Casar (D)
                                    • ▌J. Crockett (D)
                                    • ▌M. De La Cruz (R)
                                    • ▌W. Hunt (R)
                                    • ▌M. Luttrell (R)
                                    • ▌N. Moran (R)
                                    • ▌K. Self (R)
                                    • ▌E. Carter (D)
                                    119th
                                    Senate: ▌J. Cornyn (R) · ▌R. Cruz (R)
                                    House:
                                    • ▌L. Doggett (D)
                                    • ▌P. Sessions (R)
                                    • ▌J. Carter (R)
                                    • ▌E. Cuellar (D)
                                    • ▌A. Green (D)
                                    • ▌M. McCaul (R)
                                    • ▌J. Castro (D)
                                    • ▌M. Veasey (D)
                                    • ▌R. Weber (R)
                                    • ▌J. Williams (R)
                                    • ▌B. Babin (R)
                                    • ▌J. Arrington (R)
                                    • ▌V. Gonzalez (D)
                                    • ▌M. Cloud (R)
                                    • ▌D. Crenshaw (R)
                                    • ▌V. Escobar (D)
                                    • ▌S. Garcia (D)
                                    • ▌L. Gooden (R)
                                    • ▌E. Fletcher (D)
                                    • ▌C. Roy (R)
                                    • ▌P. Fallon (R)
                                    • ▌E. Gonzales (R)
                                    • ▌R. Jackson (R)
                                    • ▌T. Nehls (R)
                                    • ▌A. Pfluger (R)
                                    • ▌B. Van Duyne (R)
                                    • ▌J. Ellzey (R)
                                    • ▌G. Casar (D)
                                    • ▌J. Crockett (D)
                                    • ▌M. De La Cruz (R)
                                    • ▌W. Hunt (R)
                                    • ▌M. Luttrell (R)
                                    • ▌N. Moran (R)
                                    • ▌K. Self (R)
                                    • ▌B. Gill (R)
                                    • ▌C. Goldman (R)
                                    • ▌J. Johnson (D)
                                    • ▌S. Turner (D)
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