Press Releases

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) today expressed her gratitude to Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough for participating in a productive and insightful Zoom Town Hall focused on veterans' issues. The event, held on July 31st, 2024, provided veterans in Texas's 15th Congressional District with valuable information and addressed their concerns directly. “I am deeply thankful… Read more »

The House passed the Interior Appropriations bill on Wednesday (July 24th), including more than $2.4 million in funding for projects across South Texas. The projects included in the Interior Appropriations legislation include: $1 million for the City of Edinburg water lab project; $740,000 for the City of McAllen pump station improvements; and … Read more »

The Senate has passed H.R. 1076, the Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, a crucial piece of bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) in February 2023. The bill aims to prevent the financing of illegal synthetic drugs. With the bill's passage in both the House and the Senate, it now awaits the President’s signature to become law. H.R.… Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed the HUD Transparency Act (H.R. 7280), authored by Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15). The bipartisan legislation, which mandates annual testimony from the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) before Congress, marks a significant step toward enhancing oversight and efficiency within the… Read more »

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) issued the following statement after voting for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in a federal election unless the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. “The path to citizenship is not easy, but the rewards are great. Among them is the fundamental right… Read more »

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote to Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday, July 8th, requesting a meeting to address water deliveries owed to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. As of June 29th, the Mexican government owes the United States 896,567 acre feet of water. “As you are aware, under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico pledged to supply the… Read more »

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) joined Sens. John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, and other Texas Members of Congress in a letter this week urging the Department of Transportation to award a new long-haul flight slot from Washington’s Reagan Airport to San Antonio International Airport. The airport, which serves De La Cruz’s constituents in Guadalupe County and other parts of TX-15, is barely… Read more »

Legislation that includes language to withhold U.S. funding to Mexico until it meets its legally obligated water payments to the U.S. passed the House on Friday, underscoring the urgent need for action. The legislation passed a day after Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) led a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture urging faster relief payments to sugar growers who lost their… Read more »

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz announced on Monday a more than $5 million Department of Transportation grant for the Chapin Street Corridor Planning Project in Edinburg. This project will fund the preliminary engineering for the redesign of approximately 3.8 miles of Chapin Street from Trooper Moises Sanchez Boulevard (SH 336) to I-69C. The design work will bring about significant… Read more »

UPDATE: The FY25 Foreign Operations appropriations bill passed out of the full committee today, June 12th and included Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz's language to withhold funds from Mexico until it meets its obligations under the 1944 water treaty. Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz thanks Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart for his leadership on this issue. She also thanks… Read more »