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Rep. Veronica Escobar

@repescobar.bsky.social
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Tejana. Fronteriza. Proudly representing El Paso in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republican leadership says they have been the most “productive” and “successful” Congress in decades - even though they just canceled Congress for 7 more weeks. So what have they accomplished? Great question.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump's war in Iran has cost Americans $38 billion.   With that money, we could've funded more than 3 years of Head Start.   We could've paid for almost 5 million people to get a two year degree at a community college.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Republicans kicked millions off their healthcare and food assistance programs with their One Big Beautiful Bill. But another less talked about provision? Massive corporate tax breaks that AI and data center companies are eagerly taking advantage of. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Corporate tax payments plunge as AI feasts on new incentives
A generous tax break on capital investments Republicans created in 2025 wasn't designed specifically for the AI boom, but hyperscalers are making the most of it.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Imagine if the president cared about making your life better with the same intensity and dedication he has for trolling and pettiness?
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One year since Camp East Montana opened, and there is nothing to celebrate. DHS rushed this facility into operation in August 2025, and since then at least three detainees have died – including one homicide.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In 2024, I was proud to secure $550,000 in funding to help El Paso purchase dump trucks and a bulk-waste loader. These vehicles will remove illegally dumped waste from rural areas and county roadways, protect our waterways, and support our community during flooding and other critical emergencies.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security has transferred the Socorro warehouses to the General Services Administration (GSA). This means the warehouses will be put up for sale and they will no longer be used by the federal government for detention purposes.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As videos of bulldozers at Big Bend go viral, it’s a sad reminder that back in June, we put forth a proposal on the House Appropriations Committee that would ban a wall at Big Bend National Park. Every Democrat supported this while every Republican - even those from Texas - voted against it.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yesterday while conducting an oversight visit at Camp East Montana, I met the wife of an active duty service member being held despite the fact that she was awaiting her immigration case appeal. apnews.com/article/mili...
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AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today, immigrant children will not have legal representation in court because the Trump administration chose to eliminate a program for them. Over 20,000 children will have to fight deportation alone, and will likely be sent back to the very danger they fled 🧵 elpasomatters.org/2026/07/31/e...
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Estrella del Paso shuts down Unaccompanied Children’s Program as Trump ends funding - El Paso Matters
The nonprofit, a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, provided free and reduced legal services to unaccompanied migrant children. Without federal funding, the organization shut down its childr...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Every El Pasoan knows where they were on August 3rd, 2019. Today remains a solemn day, and despite the passing of time, seven years later our community continues to feel the pain, loss, and devastation from the senseless violence of that day.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Republicans told you they were getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse. 

Instead, they made an already fragile healthcare system much more strained by forcing people off their insurance. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
nytimes.com
After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients
More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Over the past two years, Republicans have used their power in DC to: - Kick millions of people off their healthcare and SNAP - Give billionaires and corporations massive tax breaks - Enable another forever war in Iran - Give ICE billions of dollars - Blow up our deficit
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Republicans are sending nearly $100 billion more of your tax dollars for a war nobody wants in Iran. They are doing absolutely nothing to address the economic crisis created by Donald Trump.   Budgets and what we choose to fund are about our priorities, and Republicans aren’t prioritizing you.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“[Authoritarian governments target museums] because they believe that’s where you can control people’s minds. You can sustain a social order. You can control education. You can control the arts. You can control writing and creativity itself.” - David Blight www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
Republicans press Smithsonian museum leader in contentious Hill hearing
The lawmakers called attacks on the museum “revisionist history” after a White House report accused it of “ideological capture.”
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Republicans will see that nearly 600k children in Texas were kicked off SNAP and try to convince you that they and their families were all committing fraud. The truth is Republicans chose to prioritize tax breaks for corporations and billionaires over feeding children. www.cbpp.org/blog/number-...
cbpp.org
Number of Children Receiving SNAP Continues to Drop Under Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law
In the 19 states with publicly available data or that have shared unpublished data, the harmful Republican reconciliation law has taken SNAP food assistance away from more than 1 million children...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
For the last two years, House Republicans have not meaningfully engaged with Democrats in discussions about funding our government. Because they control every lever of government - the House, Senate and White House - Republicans consistently choose to go it alone. 🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mt. Cristo Rey is a religious and cultural landmark that has been central to our community for generations. Rather than working with border communities to advance effective border security, the Trump Administration continues to disregard the people, history, and culture that make our region special.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two more American service members lives lost in this war. Sending my heartfelt condolences to their loved ones and praying that the lost American is found safe and alive. This is tragic news.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I will not support sending $3.3 billion to a Netanyahu government that has ignored our laws, interests, and values under both the Biden and Trump administrations.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The reported decision by ICE to pause vehicle stops is a good first step. At least 22 people have been fired on by agents involved in Trump’s mass deportation plans, and six people, including three American citizens, have been killed in those shootings.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Two men in one week have been killed by ICE agents empowered by a radical Supreme Court intent on rolling back civil rights. Neither man was the target, making it likely that racial profiling ("Kavanaugh stops") played a role in both fatal shootings in Houston and Biddeford. 🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Not only is slashing nearly $200 billion for SNAP cruel, we're missing out on the economic benefits. Studies show that for every dollar invested in SNAP, $1.54 is generated for the economy. Republicans are making people go hungry and our economy miss out on over $300 billion.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
For the first time in decades, Congress passed a bipartisan housing bill to address our nation’s housing crisis and help hard working Americans. Despite the needs it addresses and the overwhelming support it has, Donald Trump refused to sign the bill, but thankfully it became law anyway.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ICYMI: the snow flakes in the Trump administration are setting the groundwork for taking over and destroying one of our country's crown jewels: the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) 🧵 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
One year of the so called One Big Beautiful bill and working families have paid the price
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Too often, veterans seeking home loans face confusion, misinformation, and predatory scams. 🧵 escobar.house.gov/news/documen...
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Congresswoman Escobar Introduces Bipartisan VA Home Loan Navigator Act
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The 14th Amendment clearly states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” 🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A year after slashing a monstrous amount of funding for SNAP, Republicans will point to declining enrollment numbers for the program and call it "a success."   Here's why it's anything but, unless your goal is to increase the number of people going hungry...   🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's been 14 years since DACA was enacted. I think about all the young people who’ve since graduated with degrees, started families, advanced in their careers, paid taxes, and loved the only country many of them have ever called home and more.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Every single Republican just voted to allow the Trump administration to build a wall through Big Bend. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/10/t...
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Big Bend barrier ban dies in House Appropriations Committee
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar sought to bar the Trump administration from using federal funds to build border barriers in the national park, which is rarely traversed by migrants.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Republicans are asking taxpayers to hand ICE and CBP another $70 billion, even though the Department of Homeland Security still has roughly $100 billion from the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” I voted NO. 🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Today, the Government Accountability Office released a report about the "waste and performance issues" at the $1.3 billion tent city known as Camp East Montana in my community. 🧵
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Shot/Chaser
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Last year, Republicans already gave CBP and ICE $140 billion, $100 billion of which remains unspent.   Despite American families struggling to pay their bills, Republicans want to give these reckless departments another $70 billion.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
ICYMI: The Trump administration tried to have nearly 3 million people - including American citizens and permanent residents - classified as dead through the Social Security Administration. 🧵 on how, why, and why it matters www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims
A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.
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Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Proud to visit with Rep María Salazar and @repescobar.bsky.social with Carlos and Angela Della Valle! Salazar and Escobar coauthored the Dignity Act, which provides a pathway for spouses of US citizens to stay together and other fixes to our broken immigration system. Thank you!
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Congress has spoken. The House and the Senate have both voted on a war powers resolution to end the illegal, costly war that Trump and Netanyahu started in Iran. His terrible judgment has gotten American service members killed, created chaos and made the price of gas skyrocket. End the war now.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICYMI: Trump is using money from National Park entrances for his vanity projects in DC. Instead of repairs and investments at some of our nation's treasures, we're getting tacky "beautification" projects being handed out in overpaid, no-bid contracts. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Americans’ national parks passes will pay for Trump’s July 4 plans, documents show
Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million fireworks display and D.C. beautification, while donations will fund a $5 million helipad at the White House.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hate should have no place in America.   Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill already kicked millions of Americans off their healthcare coverage.

That wasn't enough for Trump and Co. as they’re now moving to remove people with cancer from their coverage. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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Trump Administration Announces Stricter Rules for Medicaid Work Requirement
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
What should be a milestone celebration of our country is turning into a Trump rally. On YOUR dime. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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America's Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump
America 250 is facing a $100 million “shortfall.” The Trump-created group Freedom 250 has received $80 million in taxpayer dollars.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
In the eight times I’ve been to Camp East Montana to conduct oversight, the conditions of the facility have only deteriorated. 🧵 www.texastribune.org/2026/05/30/t...
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ICE sued over “inhumane” conditions at Camp East Montana
The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Instances of people impersonating immigration agents increased by at least SIX times the yearly average in 2025. I again renew my calls to pass the VISIBLE Act, that would be a small step toward improving credibility and public safety. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Fake ICE agents terrorize immigrants amid Trump’s crackdown
A Noticias Telemundo investigation documented a marked increase in cases of people posing as federal agents to rob, intimidate and even injure or rape immigrants.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I’m deeply honored to receive Annunciation House’s Voice of the Voiceless award. To be recognized by an outstanding organization that does such meaningful work for our community is incredibly humbling.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This Memorial Day, my heart is with the families of service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.    We owe it to our fallen to build a nation worthy of their sacrifice and uphold the values they fought for. Today & always, we honor their memory.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
ICYMI: As a member of the MILCON-VA Subcommittee, I worked to ensure this bill delivers meaningful progress for our service members, our veterans, and communities like El Paso. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/m...
elpasotimes.com
Escobar secures military funding for El Paso area veterans
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar secured funding for military construction and veterans' affairs, including key support for El Paso and Fort Bliss.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
500,000 Texans, including thousands of El Pasoans, are going to have a harder time putting food on the table because of Republican cuts to SNAP.   While we fight unnecessary wars and give money to domestic terrorists, more Americans are going hungry. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/t...
texastribune.org
Texas SNAP participation drops by 14% in the past year
Advocates say the federal government’s new work requirements and immigration crackdown has limited food stamp participation. The state says the recent decline is part of normal fluctuations in enrollm...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is precisely the kind of taxpayer-funded torture detainees are subjected to at Camp East Montana. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/e...
texastribune.org
Woman detained by ICE wrongfully denied surgery, doctors say
Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
When those in positions of public trust proudly display their racism and bigotry this way, they give others permission to do the same. Shame on Nancy Mace. This disgusting, hateful targeting of our colleagues is beneath even her.
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