Henry BonillaThe United States Representative for Texas District 23
For over half of my life, Henry Bonilla has been the U. ... Representative of my hometown district; District 23. ... So to me, Henry Bonilla has always felt very closely nit to my community. ... representative as nothing but perfect for the title they held. ... Henry Bonilla was born on January 2nd, in 1954 in San Antonio Texas, making him forty-eight years old. He attended The University of Texas and received his Bachelor in Journalism in 1976. ... This position required him to be in charge of civic and community projects to benefit the community, giving him his first taste of responsibilities of a community leader and representative. On November 3rd, 1992, Henry Bonilla was elected the U. ... Representative of the 23rd district of Texas. ... The 23rd District is the largest district in Texas and larger than any state east of the Mississippi, covers two time zones, three climates, larger than 19 states, includes some of the fastest growing communities in Texas, (one which is the community in which I live, Big Bend/Davis. ... region), has a Texas/Mexico border of 800 miles, and the economy ranges from oil and gas, ranching and farming, health care, defense and business concerned with border trade. ... Henry Bonilla must be doing something right to influence such a diverse and large region to re-elect him for the past ten years, and now for the next two. Since the beginning, Henry Bonilla has served on the Appropriations Committee; which oversees actual spending in all areas of the federal budget. ... This directly relates to Bonilla*s district because Texas/West Texas is a leader in agriculture.