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Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, responded by touting her credentials as a native South Texan who learned growing up how to use firearms to protect her property and hunt to put food on the table — activities she said do not require an AR-15.
If passed, the federal government would require employers to give a minimum of a 15 minute break every four hours.
"We will not allow this right-wing obsession to impose their personal religious views on people's private lives to go any further," Houston Rep. Sylvia Garcia said during the House debate Tuesday.
The state party's recently adopted platform labels homosexuality as "an abnormal lifestyle choice," U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat, noted during a debate on the bill, part of Democrats' efforts to show they are working to safeguard rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
It's an issue that could soon have the attention of Congress, as U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat, pushes legislation to establish mandatory paid work breaks on construction sites.
Casar was joined by former state Sen. Wendy Davis, U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia and Al Green, and several other lawmakers and abortion advocacy groups at a news conference announcing the group's proposal at the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas.
It's happening just about every night now, in sight of the U.S. Capitol dome.
"These people died a tragic death while desperately in search of a better life. We must fix our broken immigration system to better allow families a chance to escape their circumstances. These tragedies can be prevented."
Uvalde, state and federal officials have refused to release records related to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. Nine members of Congress said in a letter that families of victims deserve to know the full truth about what happened.
Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joins Julie Mason in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade for a discussion of reproductive rights.