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Margarita Torres held her chin high and gaze solemn through a three-hour ceremony to honor her son, but when the rifles saluted and "Silver Taps" notes played Saturday, her face began to soft.
Mayor Turner, other Houston-area leaders, and activists are holding a public ceremony at Buffalo Bayou to unveil a historic plaza honoring the memory of Joe Campos Torres, a Vietnam-war veteran who was beaten to death by HPD officers.
A live audience interviews Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of Texas, a former judge, who served as a "manager" during President Trump's first impeachment—which happened after he withheld defensive weapons from Ukraine, in order to pressure President Zelensky into helping him stay in power in the United States.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., cosigned a letter Friday to President Biden, urging the administration to act now to extend the pause on federally held student loan payments until at least the end of the year and to provide meaningful student debt cancellation.
April 1, 2022 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and House Majority Whip James E.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Thursday Congressman James E. Clyburn joined other lawmakers in urging President Joe Biden to extend the pause on student loan payments. The letter is asking the administration to continue the pause until at least the end of 2022 and to work towards cancelling student debt.
Following pressure from civil liberties groups and members of President Biden's own party, the CDC will reportedly soon do away with Title 42, the Covid-era restriction that allows instant expulsions of migrants at the Southern border.
A bill that proposes to create a whistleblower program for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been reintroduced to the House after failing to be acted upon by the Senate in 2019.
Baylor College of Medicine hosted U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) for a check presentation from the Congressional Community Project Funding program that will support Baylor and Harris Health's long-COVID care clinics. The funding is part of the Bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Bill.