Silvestre Reyes
Rep. Reyes, D-El Paso, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1996. He was the first Hispanic American in U.S. history to chair the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which drafts the laws that govern, fund and oversee the 16 agencies that comprise the U.S. intelligence community. He lost his bid for the Democratic nomination for the seat in 2012 to Beto O'Rourke, a member of the El Paso City Council.
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Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
"An audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in Texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion…