Your Morning Reminder: GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales Voted Against Millions in State & Local Aid for TX-23

Gonzales once again puts blind party loyalty over his constituents

The White House announced this week that $350 billion in aid as part of the overwhelmingly popular American Rescue Plan will begin to flow to state and local governments - no thanks to Rep. Tony Gonzales.

If Rep. Tony Gonzales had his way, counties that make up his district in TX-23 would have lost out on more than $600 million in funding: 

• $389 million in Bexar County
• $163 million in El Paso County
• $11 million in Maverick County
• $10 million in Medina County
• $9.5 million in Val Verde County
• $5 million in Uvalde County
• $4 million in Frio County
• $3 million in Pecos County
• $3 million in Reeves County
• $2 million in Zavala County
• $2 million in Ward County

And so on in counties across TX-23. This critical funding will be a lifeline for state and local governments as they continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by getting shots in arms, people back to work, and children safely back in schools. Here are some of the ways state and local governments can use these relief funds that, if Rep. Tony Gonzales had his way, Texas communities wouldn't be getting:

• Vaccine distribution, contact tracing, and COVID-19 testing to continue to decrease spread of the virus and bring the pandemic under control,
• Support for small businesses, laid-off workers, and families of COVID-19 victims,
• Continuity of essential public services, such as local police departments and emergency response services,
• Needed upgrades to critical infrastructure, including water, sewer, and broadband systems, and
• Support for communities hit hardest by the pandemic to address health, educational, and housing disparities.

Help is on the way to families across TX-23. Just don't thank Rep. Tony Gonzales.

'Thanks to Democrats and the American Rescue Plan, more help is on the way to communities across Texas - despite Rep. Tony Gonzales' best efforts to block it,' said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. 'Tony Gonzales put politics over his own community and deserves absolutely zero credit for the much-needed relief headed to families, small businesses, and local governments in Texas's 23rd Congressional District.'

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