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Veronica Escobar took office in 2019 as the U.S. Representative for Texas’ 16th Congressional District in El Paso. She was previously a County Commissioner and a County Judge.

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Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview:

"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”

By Brandon Mulder • March 29, 2021
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview:

"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."

By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 2021
Veronica Escobar
stated on April 22, 2020 in an interview:

Says Texas “either is near the bottom or at the very bottom when it comes to testing per capita.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • April 24, 2020
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech:

“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech:

“The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2020

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