What is Filemon Vela Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Filemon Vela |image = Filemon Vela, Official Portrait, 113th Congress.jpg{{!}}border |state = [[Texas]] |district = {{ushr|TX|34|34th}} |term_start = January 3, 2013 |term_end = March 31, 2022 |predecessor = Constituency established |successor = [[Mayra Flores]] |birth_name = Filemon Bartolome Vela Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|13}} |birth_place = [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], [[Texas]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Rose Vela |relatives = [[Blanca Vela]] (mother)<br>[[Filemon Vela Sr.]] (father) |education = [[Georgetown University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |website = {{url|vela.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Filemón Bartolomé Vela Jr.''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɪ|l|ə|ˌ|m|ɒ|n|_|ˈ|v|ɛ|l|ə}} (born February 13, 1963)<ref name=NationalJournal>{{cite web|last=Hopkins|first=Christopher Snow|title=Texas, 34th House District|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress-legacy/texas-34th-house-district-20121102|work=nationaljournal.com|access-date=8 November 2012|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107190257/http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress-legacy/texas-34th-house-district-20121102|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|TX|34}} from 2013 until his resignation in 2022. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He served as an intern in [[Solomon P. Ortiz|Congressman Solomon P Ortiz’s]] Washington, D.C. office. Vela earned his J.D. from [[University of Texas School of Law|University of Texas at Austin School of Law]] in 1987. From 2021 until 2022, Vela Jr. was the Vice Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]]. In March 2022, Vela Jr. resigned from the House of Represent