I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception.

The court also ordered an all-party primary on Election Day with a December runoff if no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote. The 23rd had been a Democratic district since its creation in 1967 but Bonilla charged four-term incumbent Albert G. His former wife Deborah Knapp (born December 1 1954) continues as an anchor at the station.

His term expired January 3 2007 when the 110th Congress officially began. Henry Bonilla (born January 2 1954) is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.