Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), July 2018.
[Pages 268-269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    FILEMON VELA, Democrat, of Brownsville, TX; born in Harlingen, TX, 
February 13, 1963; education: B.A., Georgetown University, 1985; J.D., 
University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1987; professional: 
attorney; admitted, Texas Bar and U.S. District Court, Western and 
Southern Districts of Texas, 1988; married: Rose Rivera, February 3, 
1990; caucuses: co-chair,

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Border Caucus; co-chair, Citrus Caucus; co-chair, Zika Caucus; Career 
and Technical Education Caucus; Coastal Communities Caucus; Community 
College Caucus; Community Health Center Caucus; Congressional Friends of 
the National Park Service; Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Diabetes 
Caucus; Disaster Relief Caucus; Friends of Job Corps Congressional 
Caucus; General Aviation Caucus; I-69 Caucus; Ports Caucus; Pre-K 
Caucus; Texas Caucus on Shale Oil and Gas; Texas Maritime Caucus; TX-21 
Transportation Congressional Caucus; U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus; 
committees: Agriculture; Homeland Security; elected to the 113th 
Congress on November 6, 2012; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                             Office Listings
 
 
 
                        http://www.vela.house.gov
 
437 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515.   (202) 225-9901
  Chief of Staff.--Perry Brody.
  Scheduler.--Liza Lynch.
  Deputy Chief of Staff.--Karen De Los Santos.
  Senior Policy Advisor.--Julie Merberg.
  Senior Policy Advisor.--Luke Theriot.
  Press Director.--Mickeala Carter.
  Press Secretary.--Clarissa Robles.
  Staff.--Mariana Adame.
333 Ebony Avenue, Brownsville, TX 78520................   (956) 544-8352
  District Director.--Marisela Cortez.
  Senior Caseworker.--Maria Barrera Jaross.
  District Press Secretary / Caseworker.--Brenda Lopez.
500 East Main Street, Alice, TX 78332..................   (361) 230-9776
  District Director.--Jose Pereida.
1390 West Expressway 83, San Benito, TX 78586..........   (956) 276-4497
  Office Manager / Caseworker.--Sally Lara.
301 West Railroad Avenue, Weslaco, TX 78596............   (956) 520-8273
  Caseworker.--Anissa Guajardo.
 

Counties: Bee, Cameron, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, 
        Kenedy, Kleberg, San Patricio, and Willacy. Population (2010), 
        716,416.
ZIP Codes: 77954, 77960, 77963, 77993-94, 78104, 78107, 78122, 78125, 
        78142, 78145-46, 78159, 78162, 78164, 78338, 78342, 78363, 
        78375, 78379, 78385, 78389, 78391, 78520-21, 78526, 78535, 
        78550, 78552, 78559, 78561, 78566-67, 78575, 78578-80, 78583, 
        78586, 78590, 78592-94, 78597-98, 78614, 78677