Quico Canseco

Congressman Canseco was born in Laredo, Texas on July 30, 1949 and is the second oldest of eight children.Canseco is now married to his wife of thirty years Gloria Canseco, and have three grown children together, Carlos, Quico Jr., and Anni. Canseco and his wife attend St. Mathews Catholic Church and now live in Northwest San Antonio.

In 1995, Canseco joined the board of directors at the Hondo National Bank in Hondo, Texas. He worked with investors to prevent the bank from failing and now the farmers and ranchers of Hondo have a successful and stable community oriented bank to depend on their financial services.

Two years later, Canseco and his family formed the Canseco Foundation, which provides grant money in support of healthcare, education, and community services around the Laredo area. After the success of the Canseco Foundation, Canseco and his family went on to help the Sisters of Mercy and their work in childcare, as well as provide funding for Texas A&M International University’s School of Nursing along with scholarships to attend the School of nursing. In San Antonio, the Canseco Foundation also provided scholarship endowments to the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. The Canseco family has worked with the UT Health Science Center and UTSA ever since.

Canseco has also been very active in the Republican Party. In 2004, 2006, and 2008 Canseco was a delegate to the Texas State Republican Convention, and an at-large delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Appointed by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Congressman Lamar Smith, Canseco attended the National Hispanic Leadership Conference. He was a member of the Frontier Leadership Council and Candidate Resource Committee for the Republican Party of Texas as well as many other services to the Republican Party.

Congressman Canseco was sworn in to office on January 5, 2011 as the representative for the 23rd district of Texas in the 112th Congress. Canseco serves as one of a select few freshmen on the Financial Services Committee.

DC Office	1339 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515
Phone	(202) 225-4511
Fax	(202) 225-2237
Website	canseco.house.gov

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