Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.His resignation officially went into effect before midnight on March 31. On March 24, 2022, Vela confirmed that he would resign early from Congress to take a job at Akin Gump, a lobbying and law firm. In August 2021, Vela joined a group of conservative Democrats, dubbed "The Unbreakable Nine", who threatened to derail the Biden administration's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package meant to tackle the nation's infrastructure. On March 22, 2021, Vela announced that he would not seek reelection in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections. He said "erecting more border fence drives a wedge between border communities which are culturally united". In July 2013, Vela quit the Congressional Hispanic Caucus because of his opposition to the Hoeven- Corker Amendment that tied border security to a pathway to citizenship. In the general election, Vela defeated Republican Jessica Bradshaw, 62% to 36%. In the July 31 runoff, Vela defeated Denise Saenz Blanchard, 67% to 33%. In the May 29 primary, he ranked first in an eight-candidate field with 40% of the vote. Vela ran in the newly created 34th congressional district as a Democrat. Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas § District 34
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