Veronica Escobar

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:advocacy Women's rights
Healthcare access
Immigration reform
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_El_Paso
gptkbp:birth_date September 15, 1980
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Committee_on_Education_and_Labor
gptkb:Committee_on_Armed_Services
gptkb:Committee_on_Homeland_Security
gptkbp:district gptkb:Texas's_16th_congressional_district
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_El_Paso
gptkbp:election_year gptkb:2018
gptkb:2020
gptkb:2022
gptkbp:ethnicity Hispanic
gptkbp:gender gptkb:Female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Veronica Escobar
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Dream_Act
Border security measures
COVID-19 relief packages
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_event Promoted education funding
Supported the Green New Deal
Advocated for asylum seekers
First Latina elected to Congress from Texas
Participated in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
Fought against family separation policies at the border
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:Public_service
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_career gptkb:2019
gptkbp:position El Paso County Commissioner
El Paso County Judge
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:U._S._Representative
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Beto_O'_Rourke
gptkbp:residence gptkb:El_Paso,_Texas
gptkbp:social_media gptkb:Twitter
gptkb:Instagram
gptkb:Facebook
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Michael_Escobar
gptkbp:term_end present
gptkbp:term_start January 3, 2019
gptkbp:website veronicaescobar.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:El_Paso–_Las_Cruces_metropolitan_area
gptkb:Del_Rio,_Texas
gptkb:Laredo,_Mexico
gptkb:Texas_Lower_Rio_Grande_Valley
gptkb:Congressional_Hispanic_Caucus
gptkb:Mc_Allen,_Texas
gptkb:Texas's_16th_congressional_district
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5