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Anna Alvarez is a working mom and grandmother — one of my constituents from the Texas 29th Congressional District. She is an example of working-class Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and are urging Congress to enact legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and strengthen the country's labor laws to ensure a worker's right to start and join a labor union.
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Being at the center of the Donald Trump impeachment trial was an unforgettable experience for Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia. "We did this for the people, for our Constitution, and our democracy because no one is above the law," she tells People CHICA. "Nadie está por encima de la ley. I would oftentimes say that line in Spanish as well because I wanted Latinos in my district, across the country, and around the world to know that they had one of them on the team fighting for what is right to defend democracy.
One of the most significant bills to strengthen workers' abilities to organize in the past 80 years passed the House on Thursday, the latest sign of momentum for the labor movement.
Garcia highlighted the three ABCs that Trump has been accused of:
- Abusing his power
- Betraying the country
- Corrupting elections
Garcia also noted that senators from both sides of the aisle agree the president acted inappropriately, and that the question now is whether his behavior warrants removal from office.
WASHINGTON — The chosen seven strode across the U.S. Capitol rotunda before the eyes of history and a live television audience. It was late in the afternoon on Wednesday, January 15. On their way to the Senate to formally deliver impeachment charges against Donald Trump, six of the impeachment managers appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked in pairs. The seventh followed by herself.
WASHINGTON — A former police chief, a prosecutor who won the conviction of an F.B.I. agent and one of Texas' first Latina representatives. A constitutional law professor who once defended O.J. Simpson against a murder charge, a former special prosecutor who pursued the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and a litigator for the Christian right.
WASHINGTON — Representative Adam B. Schiff, the House's lead impeachment manager, accused President Trump on Sunday of trying to threaten him on Twitter and urged Republican senators to find the "moral courage to stand up" to a "wrathful and vindictive president."
Mr. Trump, writing on Twitter Sunday morning, attacked Mr. Schiff as "a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man," warning, "He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!"
Garcia is a representative from Congress and is one of two freshman Democrats that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped to serve as impeachment managers. Garcia is a lawyer and a former judge.
During her remarks, Garcia zeroed in on several days in early May 2019, shortly after Zelensky was elected president in Ukraine
Consumer and environmental advocate Erin Brockovich, known best for her work obtaining a multi-million dollar medical and environmental contamination settlement against Pacific Gas & Electric, will speak at a town hall hosted by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) about creosote contamination in a north Houston neighborhood Tuesday night.
HOUSTON — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia held her first press conference Friday since being selected as one of the seven House Democrats serving as impeachment managers two days earlier.
Speaking to reporters at her East Houston office Friday morning, Rep. Garcia (D-Houston) called the invitation to serve a "big honor," though not one she was intending to do.
"It's probably a highlight of my career," she said. "I will be carrying not only the weight of my oath, but also our democracy."