Representative Veronica Escobar
District 16 - Representative Veronica Escobar - D
2448 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:202-225-4831
Committees:
ARMED SERVICES (Subs: Military Personnel; Readiness);
ETHICS;
JUDICIARY (Subs: Constitution & Limited Government; Immigration Integrity, Security & Enforcement);
Global Action Record:
2019/10/03 – Alejandro Ortiz of Rep. Escobar’s office attended child survival briefing
2019/10/03 – Robert Lopez of Rep. Escobar’s office attended TB briefing
2020/06/30 - signed Frankel/Rooney global response to COVID-19 letter
2021/07/21 - signed Krishnamoorthi/Jayapal/Malinowski letter calling for global vaccination efforts
2022/04/18 - signed Jacobs, Fitzpatrick, McGovern, Kim $300m for Global Nutrition & Maternal & Child Health Approps letter
2022/04/22 - signed Houlahan, Bera, González-Colón, Meijer significantly increase funding for PEPFAR & Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Approps letter
2022/04/22- signed Bera, Wagner $1b for global TB and $225m million for TB in CDC Approps letter
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
2023/03/21 - signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick strong funding Global Education letter
2023/03/22 - signed Houlahan/Bera/González-Colón/ Salazar significant increase in funding to PEPFAR and strong support for Global Fund letter
2023/03/22 - signed Bera/Wagner $1b Tuberculosis Letter
2023/03/22 - signed Fitzpatrick/Jacobs/Salazar/Jim McGovern $1.15b Maternal & Child Health, $340m Gavi, and $300m Nutrition Letter
2024/04/29 - signed Houlahan/Bera/González-Colón/Salazar Global Fund strong support letter
2024/04/29 - signed Fitzpatrick/Jacobs/Salazar/McGovern Maternal & Child Health, Gavi, and Nutrition $300 million Nutrition, $1.15 billion Maternal & Child Health including $340 million for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance letter
2024/04/29 - signed Bera/Wagner Tuberculosis $1 billion letter
U.S. Action Record:
2020/06/29 - HR 7301 - Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act – Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea
2021/10/15 - signed Torres letter to leadership preserve housing funding in recovery bill
2022/11/09 - signed Jayapal letter urging no corporate tax break w/o CTC & EITC expansion
2023/06/07 - initial cosponsor HR 3899 American Family Act (CTC)
2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Yea