SAN ANTONIO — Driving across his borderland district last week, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.) said he just wants to get things done for his constituents.
Over his last four years in office, Gonzales has brought back over $127 million for community projects in Texas’s 23rd District, which spans 820 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border from El Paso to just north of the Rio Grande Valley. Growing up here helped him shepherd one of the most conservative border bills through the House, though some far-right members say it should have been harsher.