A Month in Review: June Congressional Update

Dear john,

It is a dark day in America when a Supreme Court ruling ensures the generations that follow ours will have fewer rights than we have today. The Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization represents yet another blatant attack on the rights of the American people by a Conservative Supreme Court.

Striking down Roe overturns 50 years of precedent and strips women of their reproductive freedom and control of their own bodies, lives, and futures.

House Democrats will continue the fight to ensure every woman has the freedom to make personal decisions with those they love and trust without politicians trying to control them. I implore my colleagues in the Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act with heightened urgency to enshrine access to abortion care into law in our country.

There are still abortion and reproductive health clinics open in the United States. If you need abortion support resources or assistance, you can find more information here.

Veronica Escobar
Member of Congress

From listening to constituents at the Supreme Court to joining my colleagues for press conferences, I will always fight for reproductive freedom.

It’s been wonderful to spend the past two weeks in El Paso!

Watch to learn more about how I spent my time at home working on your behalf, including several visits to our Community Project Funding request sites!👆🏽

The American people have demanded we take action on the gun violence epidemic in our country and House Democrats have listened.

Watch this week’s update to learn more about how we’re working to get common-sense gun safety legislation across the finish line👆🏽

1️⃣ hearing

2️⃣ floor speeches

2️⃣ community project funding requests

3️⃣ days of votes

8️⃣ constituent meetings

& so much more!

Watch to see how I’m working on behalf of El Paso this week 👆🏽

National Defense Authorization Act

On June 23, I joined my House Armed Services Committee colleagues to pass H.R. 7900, the FY23 NDAA. In it, we had many wins for El Paso. Some of the provisions I championed - like codifying Tigua gaming rights, funding for a fire station at Fort Bliss, and easing reimbursement costs for military spouse entrepreneurs, made it into the final bill. To read more about how the NDAA benefits El Paso, click here.

If you need help with a federal government agency or issue, I'm happy to provide assistance and advocate for you however I can. My office can often contact the appropriate agency on your behalf to assure you have been given every consideration available.

To learn about how my office can assist, click here.

This month I hosted Taylor, this year's Congressional Art Competition Winner for our district, and her family in our nation's capital. She'll have her artwork, "Mi Querido Viejo," displayed in the Capitol for the next year.

America, we hear you. Now is the time to continue down the path toward meaningful gun safety legislation.

On June 8th, I gave a speech on the House floor in support of the Protecting Our Kids Act. Watch here.

Almost all of my community project funding requests this year have made it out of their subcommittees. We've secured funding, and I look forward to bringing almost $28 million to our community.

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