Press Releases
Castro Announces $189K for UTSA Bioengineering Research
WASHINGTON— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, announced $189,918.00 for research into innovative technologies for human joint braces: “Current wearable rehabilitation and assistive devices are powerful and active, but can be bulky and have limited functionality for folks wearing them. I welcome the National Science Foundation … Continue Reading
July 30, 2018
Castro Leads Bipartisan Request to Secretary Mattis & Pompeo on U.S. Security Assistance for Cameroon
Members Requested More Information on Security Situation in Cameroon Following a Video Depicting Violations by Cameroonian Security Forces WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today led a group of 8 bipartisan lawmakers in asking the Departments of Defense and State for more information after a video depicted what … Continue Reading
July 27, 2018
Castro Statement on Administration's Failure to Meet Second Court-Ordered Family Reunification Deadline
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today made the following statement: "The Trump Administration has now missed two deadlines to reunite the migrant children with their loved ones as court-ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw last month. This is contrary to what the Hispanic Caucus learned this week in our … Continue Reading
July 27, 2018
Castro Releases Podcast Episode on International Condemnation of Family Separation Policy, Violence in the Northern Triangle, and Infrastructure of Diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere
Fifth Episode of “Diplomatic Cable” Features the Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today released a Diplomatic Cable episode on international condemnation of the Trump Administration’s family separation policy, violence and root causes of migration from … Continue Reading
July 25, 2018
House Foreign Affairs Democrats Urge Pompeo to Reunify Children with Deported Parents
WASHINGTON—Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Foreign Affairs Committee members Reps. Norma Torres (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) today demanded that Secretary Pompeo ensure that U.S. embassies work to reunite families forcibly separated by the Trump Administration. On Monday, the Administration admitted that as many as 463 of these parents have been deported out of the United … Continue Reading
July 25, 2018
CHC to Sessions: Zero-Tolerance Policy Traumatizes Migrants, Contrary to American Values
Castro Leads CHC Meeting Request with Attorney General WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in requesting a meeting with Department of Justice Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that seeks to prosecute all immigrants who cross the … Continue Reading
July 25, 2018
Castro Remarks on Tomorrow’s Family Reunification Deadline
- As Delivered - Click Here for Video - WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today made the following remarks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus press conference on the court-ordered deadline for the Trump Administration to reunite all children between ages five and 17 with their loved ones: “Hi, good morning. Thank you … Continue Reading
July 25, 2018
Reps Castro, Lieu and Jones Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Russian Attack on U.S. Officials
WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced a resolution condemning Vladimir Putin’s attack on United States officials with Reps. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX). The bipartisan resolution underscores the importance of defending U.S. officials from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats and emphasizes the U.S.’s commitment to combating Russia’s harmful attacks on our democracy. “The false equivalence between Vladimir Putin’s baseless … Continue Reading
July 19, 2018
Castro, House Democrats Introduce the Secure America from Russian Interference Act
WASHINGTON– Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today joined House Democrats in introducing the Secure America from Russian Interference Act (H.R. 6437), bipartisan legislation to hold Russia accountable for its malign activities and safeguard our country. “From the full-fledged cyber operation to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, to the invasion of Crimea and … Continue Reading
July 18, 2018
Castro Floor Remarks on Failure to Address Family Separation
- As Delivered - Click Here for Video - WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today made the following remarks against Republican leadership’s failure to address the family separation crisis and instead consider H.Res. 990, the non-binding and politically-driven resolution concerning Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on … Continue Reading
July 18, 2018
Castro, McCaul Bill Passes House, Heads to Senate
WASHINGTON-Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Congressman Michael T. McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today welcomed the House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of their bipartisan measure the Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act (H.R. 4989). This legislation would … Continue Reading
July 18, 2018
Castro Remarks on Trump-Putin Summit
- As Delivered - Click Here for Video - WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, made the following remarks today at a press conference with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Congressman Adam Schiff, Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and other current and former Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This press conference … Continue Reading
July 17, 2018
Castro to Secretary Perry: Where is the Missing Nuclear Material?
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today requested more information from the U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry regarding plutonium and cesium that went missing after a March 21, 2017 incident in San Antonio. Congressman Castro’s inquiry comes after press reports detailed the loss by two Department of Energy’s … Continue Reading
July 17, 2018
Castro, Engel, Torres, Espaillat, Sires Demand State Department Action on Family Reunification
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joined Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Foreign Affairs Committee members Reps. Norma Torres, Adriano Espaillat, and Albio Sires today in issuing the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration has failed to comply with a court order to reunify children under the age of five with their parents because some of the parents … Continue Reading
July 16, 2018
Castro Statement on Disgraceful Trump-Putin Summit
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today made the following statement: “President Donald Trump’s words and actions today at the Helsinki Summit amount to an act of treachery against the American people. He promoted Russia and Vladimir Putin over our nation, and no President has ever looked weaker, more apologetic, and … Continue Reading
July 16, 2018
Castro to Secretary Mattis: Discharging Non-Citizens Puts Them at Risk for Deportation
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, requested more information from Secretary Mattis regarding recent reports that the military is discharging immigrant reservists and recruits who enrolled under the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program. In the letter, Rep. Castro wrote: “It is concerning that … Continue Reading
July 13, 2018
Castro Joins HFAC Democrats Letter to Trump to Cancel Putin Meeting
WASHINGTON—Led by Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) joined 17 other Democratic members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on President Trump to cancel his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a letter, the Members expressed deep concern about the President meeting with Putin in light of recent events. Today, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military officers for attacking American democracy and hacking … Continue Reading
July 13, 2018
Castro Statement on New Russia Investigation Indictments
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today made the following statement: “Today’s indictments against 12 Russian nationals for hacking our national political institutions with the intent to interfere in our elections and infiltrate state elections boards and voter machines makes it undeniably clear that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections and our democracy is and … Continue Reading
July 13, 2018
Castro Releases Podcast Episode on NATO Summit, Trump-Putin Meeting
Fourth Episode of “Diplomatic Cable” Features Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today released a Diplomatic Cable episode on NATO summit and upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, Finland. The episode is available on Apple Podcasts, … Continue Reading
July 11, 2018
Castro, Comstock Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Diversity in STEM
Resolution Highlights Importance of Underrepresented Minorities Specifically Within Physics Field WASHINGTON-Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Chairwoman of the House Science, Space, Technology Subcommittee on Research … Continue Reading