Representative Pete Gallego News

This month, the House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that would cut $20 billion from SNAP benefits .

The price of a dysfunctional national government will soon hit home in our region as thousands of Defense Department civilian employees face the equivalent of a 20-percent weekly pay cut for almost three months.

Civilian workers at Fort Bliss and throughout the Department of Defense got a bit of a financial reprieve Tuesday when the expected number of furlough days was lowered by the government.

According to the Texas Food Bank Network, two-thirds of Texans who may be eligible for SNAP, also known as food stamps, benefits received them in 2011.

Jonathan Soros , a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, used his money in a diverse strategy of political marketplace activities during 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.

But local issues weren't the only thing on his mind. He also addressed national topics such as immigration reform.

Congress only has about four months to pass comprehensive immigration reform, but its prospects look good, a key advocate said Monday.

In Gallego's opening remarks, he spoke of the modern American Dream. In his speech, he told the story of Josue Obregon, a Retired United States Marine Corporal: This is a story from Del Rio, Texas.

Republicans are again setting their sights on freshman Rep. Pete Gallego. The Alpine Democrat ousted a one-term GOP lawmaker, Quico Canseco, last fall.

But they are urging members of the Texas delegation to Congress to exercise the type of cooperation sometimes found in the Texas House.

Congressman Pete Gallego has already distinguished himself in the immigration debate, owing to his unique status representing Texas's 23rd District, which contains the longest stretch of the Mexican-American border of any congressional district.

A border watchdog group says a startling new video supports its claim that illegal border crossings are at an all-time high.