ENG: Francisco Raul "Quico" Canseco(born July 30, 1949) is an attorney, businessman and former U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life and education
Canseco was born and reared in Laredo, Texas, the eldest of eight children of Consuelo Sada Rangel and Dr. Francisco Manuel Canseco, who were both born in Mexico. He earned a B.A in History from Saint Louis University in 1972. He went on to earn a JD from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1975. He is a brother in the Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity.
Legal/business career
Canseco began his legal career in 1975 as an associate attorney with Mann, Castillon, Fried and Kazan in Laredo. Afterwards, he operated his own practice for five years. Then he ...
At a town hall meeting in Fair Oaks Ranch outside of San Antonio, Congressman Francisco "Quico" Canseco, who represents Texas' 23rd district, called Planned Parenthood a "front for mass murder" that "needs to be abolished."
These disgusting statements from the Congressman come the same week that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has announced that it will stop funding Planned Parenthood’s lifesaving breast cancer screenings because of pressure from anti-choice extremists.
Conservatives like Congressman Canseco are not hiding their agenda. They are openly saying it in public - ...
Just about every month, U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco visits El Paso.
It's not because he has to, it's because he wants to.
"Even though most of the people in El Paso cannot vote for me, I vote for them," said Canseco, the Republican congressman from San Antonio who represents a portion of east El Paso County.
Canseco, 62, was elected to Congress in 2010 and began serving in 2011. His district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso. He tries to stay in touch with his district by visiting all of it.
He spent this past weekend in El Paso talking to small business owners, conducting a ...
House Republican payroll tax negotiators finally returned from vacation today, but Representative Quico Canseco (TX-23) continues to oppose ending tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires in order protect middle class taxpayers from a $1,000 payroll tax hike at the end of February. Canseco would rather protect the ultra wealthy who pay less taxes than most middle income families — like Mitt Romney, who only paid 14% — and force payroll taxes to rise for 160 million middle income Americans. At the end of last year, House Republicans like Canseco nearly forced the payroll tax cut ...