Congressional Directory for the 116th Congress (2019-2020), July 2020.
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[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, 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; Armed Services; 
elected to the 113th Congress on November 6, 2012; reelected to each 
succeeding Congress.


                              Office Listings
 
 
 
  https://vela.house.gov  https://facebook.com/UsCongressmanFilemonVela
 
                    https://twitter.com/repfilemonvela
 
307 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515   (202) 225-9901
   Chief of Staff.--Sandra Alcala.
   Deputy Chief of Staff.--Karen De Los Santos.
   Chief Counsel.--Perry Brody.
   Director of Operations.--Liza Lynch.
   Scheduler.--Jill Caress.
   Legislative Director.--Leigh Maiden.
   Senior Defense Advisor.--Julie Merberg.
   Legislative Assistants: Gabrielle Howard, Keith
   Timmer.
   Military Fellow.--Bob Muchow.
 800 North Expressway 77-83, Suite 9, Brownsville, TX     (956) 544-8352
 78521.................................................
   District Director.--Marisela Cortez.
   Senior Caseworker.--Maria Barrera Jaross.
   District Press Secretary / Caseworker.--Brenda
   Rangel.
 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