Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonillais a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006. His term expired January 3, 2007 when the 110th Congress officially began...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 January 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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They are presenting an immediate danger to the lives of people in every Texas community and beyond. We strongly urge you to take action now.
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Regardless of your political affiliation, most people agree that Ronald Reagan was an American icon. He was a president of national significance and for that reason he deserves an honor in the nation's capital.
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President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.
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Well, I think when you come here and wave a Mexican flag in our face in a country that's giving a lot of these people an opportunity that they've never had before, I think a lot of Americans are insulted, whether they're first-, second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-generation Americans.
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I'm excited to be on a team on the way to introducing him to the entire country. We in Texas know that you'll be every bit as impressed with him as we are.
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We saw what happened when he pulled a shenanigan like this against Kay Hutchison years ago. At the 11th hour, he just stood up and said, 'It's a bogus indictment.
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It would give communities a good knock on the head and make them take note.
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If they try to do it for private commercial purposes, they lose all their money. You lose it across the board if you try to take property for free enterprise purposes and not through the traditional eminent domain purposes.
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I look forward to following up with this project every step of the way. This new port of entry will contribute to increased economic development for El Paso County and all of Texas.
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A lot of us want to support a guest-worker plan down the road, but first and foremost, we have to secure the border.
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This outrageous action is crippling border security in Texas, ... We demand that these agents be returned to Texas immediately.
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Congressman Bonilla just feels it's something that has been in the works for a long time, and we are consistently trying to work on the situation down there. We obviously are not trying to take away attention from Hurricane Rita,
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By subjecting all projects to penalties, we are removing a loophole that localities can exploit by playing a 'shell game' with projects.
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This issue of border security is not about, about ethnicity. I sit there on occasion with 10 or 12 sheriffs from my district, many of which are Democrats with last names like Reyes, with last names like Herrera and Lucio. And they are crying out for border security as well. So again, this is not an issue about being anti-Mexican.