Press Releases

HOUSTON, TX – On the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joined Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and 125 of her House Democratic colleagues in a letter demanding for the Trump Administration to end its Texas v. U.S.

HOUSTON, TX - Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) filed legislation that would provide minority-owned businesses $3 billion in grants through the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). It was included as a provision in The Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, H.R.

HOUSTON, TX - Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) led 15 House Democratic colleagues in urging House and Senate leadership to waive the two years waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries applying for Medicare.

HOUSTON, TX – Today, bipartisan members of the Houston Congressional delegation released the following statement on the coronavirus pandemic. Joining the statement were Representatives Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Pete Olson (TX-22), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Al Green (TX-09), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18).

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) voted in favor of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a strong, bipartisan bill that builds on the House Democrat's first coronavirus-related bill - the $8.3 billion emergency supplemental package.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act includes:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the June Medical Services v. Russo abortion access case. The case challenges a Louisiana law that requires doctors performing abortions to have hospital admitting privileges, almost identical to the Texas law that was struck down in 2016.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nearly $11 million to BakerRipley for its Head Start Programs.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today in the House Committee on the Judiciary, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) chaired a Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship hearing on "The Current State of the United States Refugee Program." The hearing examined the impact of the administration's efforts to effectively weaken the U.S.