    Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), October 2018 Revision
    [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