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