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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Yes41%
No57%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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Budgets reflect our priorities. This bill puts billions more toward an approach that has already raised serious questions about rampant abuse, lack of oversight, and effectiveness while completely ignoring the needs of the American people.
I strongly oppose it.
At a time when families are struggling with higher costs and programs they rely on are being cut, Congress should be investing in affordable housing, health care, infrastructure, and support for working families—not writing another blank check to reckless agencies with no guardrails attached.
In communities like El Paso, we've already seen how that money is being spent: on massive detention facilities, no-bid contracts, and warehouses being converted into immigrant detention centers while serious concerns about oversight, conditions, and accountability remain.
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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This means none of the detained noncitizens with diabetes or HIV had treatment plans in place.
You can read the report for yourself here:
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Contractors conducted health screenings at intake, but did not follow up with comprehensive health assessments for detainees.
As a result, detainees with chronic conditions did not receive treatment and care in accordance with National Detention Standards.
A detainee died and the coroner’s autopsy found the death to be a homicide due to asphyxia.
However, the contractor did not provide use of force and death reports to ICE, as required. In addition, evidence associated with the incident was missing or destroyed. (Page 18)
More information on the findings:
The contractor had been using tuberculosis symptom questionnaires—rather than administering the required skin tests—for detainees at intake. As a result, in November 2025, a detainee with tuberculosis was housed with the general population.
Camp East Montana needs to be shut down, the contractor investigated, the crime of destruction of evidence referred to law enforcement, and Republicans should work with us to redirect these funds to meet the needs of hardworking Americans.
At a time when Americans are struggling with rising inflation, increasing gasoline, grocery and utility bills, Republicans will today vote to give ICE and CBP an additional $70 billion and are continuing with these corrupt no-bid contracts.
The ongoing waste, fraud and abuse at Camp East Montana is made possible by Republicans’ so-called ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ which cut healthcare and nutrition programs, gave millionaires big tax breaks and provided historic tax dollars to the Department at Homeland Security.
These findings confirm some of what I have been sounding the alarm about since it first opened ten months ago, but incredulously, doesn’t come close to identifying everything I’ve discovered and shared with the public during my oversight visits.
The findings include:
A loaded gun taken onto a military installation by a private contractor who lost this weapon.
Evidence in a homicide investigation that was destroyed.
Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars paid in this no-bid contract that funded services not rendered.
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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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.
For all of frivolous accusations by Trump and Co. of government weaponization, this is one of the most clear examples of the administration doing exactly what they purport to be victims of.
All of those involved must be immediately held accountable.
After internal concerns from officials at SSA, DOGE members confirmed that the plan was to have the nearly 3 million people choose to self-deport because of the devastating effect of being on the DMF list, or they would show up at a Social Security office and get arrested.
Now why would the Trump administration do this?
DOGE - working with DHS - was trying to use social security files and the Death Master File as part of their immigration enforcement tactics.
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Voting History568 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
568 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | H.R. 186 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 33 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 144 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 164 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 153 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 152 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-13 | H.R. 192 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-09 | H.R. 23 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-07 | H.R. 29 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Motion to Commit with Instructions | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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