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@JoaquinCastrotx

Texas Congressman; Chairman of ; Vice Chairman of ; Member of Intelligence and Commitees; host of .

San Antonio, Texas
castro.house.gov
Joined December 2010
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  1. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Thanks and for raising - and playing a clip from - my Erik Prince interview today and thanks for confirming that Prince wasn’t telling the truth about the transcript on my show.

    2:15
    WATCH: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) says Erik Prince is misleading in recent interview about "so-called second Trump Tower" meeting. : "We'll he's certainly not telling the truth...he did not disclose that meeting to our committee."
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  2. 3 hours ago

    Sound water and electricity infrastructure are critical to San Antonians, and I welcome the $500,000 grant for research on water and electricity distribution systems. Full statement here:

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    4 hours ago

    Today we honor Marine Corporal William Garza as he is laid to rest today in Texas. His family asked that we set up a memorial page.

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  4. Retweeted
    21 hours ago
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    Stories of land—in families for generations—at risk with bogus Trump wall are heart breaking.

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  5. Retweeted
    18 hours ago
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    It’s a total land grab.... these are the victims that no one is talking about.

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  6. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    On Thursday, the Senate will vote on whether to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall unilaterally. If our senators don’t stand up to protect Texas, this could be the largest federal taking of Texas land ever.

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    18 hours ago

    TEXANS want you to vote to TERMINATE Trump’s emergency declaration.

    On Thursday, the Senate will vote on whether to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall unilaterally. If our senators don’t stand up to protect Texas, this could be the largest federal taking of Texas land ever.
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    20 hours ago

    House-passed emergency termination resolution author on Senate’s expected Thursday vote.

    On Thursday, the Senate will vote on whether to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall unilaterally. If our senators don’t stand up to protect Texas, this could be the largest federal taking of Texas land ever.
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  9. 21 hours ago

    On Thursday, the Senate will vote on whether to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall unilaterally. If our senators don’t stand up to protect Texas, this could be the largest federal taking of Texas land ever.

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 9

    The House overwhelmingly passed Rep. 's bill to end the . But now the Senate must do the same. Tell your senators to support 's to end the unconstitutional & anti-immigrant fake emergency NOW!

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    Mar 9

    Women in Texas Prisons Denied Same Academic, Job Training Opportunities as Incarcerated Men

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  12. Mar 9

    Team Castro met with Maria Campos, from the US Census, to discuss their outreach efforts in San Antonio for the upcoming 2020 census.

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    Mar 8

    BREAKING: Judge rules against Trump administration, expanding group of separated kids to include potentially 1000s separated before zero tolerance. Says unknown number of parents may have been deported without kids. Few key pages below. ACLU response:

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  14. Mar 8

    Congrats to for $353,414 to support undergrads by promoting engagement and biomedical engineering research to benefit our community’s military and veterans:

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    Mar 7

    71% of Texans think employers should be required to offer paid sick leave 4/x

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    Mar 7

    "From what I heard, I believe that there will be more indictments to come, I think that the information leads me to believe members of the President's family could be in legal jeopardy ... we'll probably see more prosecutions." on meeting w/ Cohen.

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  17. Mar 7

    Joining at 6:30pmCT/7:30pmET to discuss .

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    Mar 7

    Three-year-old Delaney Tercero died after a pipeline exploded in Stanton, Texas last August. But the $9.6 billion Houston company that owns the line will face no penalty. That's because there are no rules for these "gathering lines."

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  19. Mar 7

    Saddened by news of former U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall’s passing today. He was the oldest member to serve in Congress, and one of the last two WWII vets that served. Thoughts are with his family during their time of mourning.

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  20. Mar 7

    Urge my colleagues in the Senate to vote yes on my resolution to protect the constitutional balance of power & terminate the President’s . It’s also critical to protect and support our troops. (2/2)

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