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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to shuffle $500 million from several state agencies to plug a yawning shortfall in his border operation has sparked assertions that federal COVID-19 relief money is being used to fill in the gap.

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to shuffle $500 million from several state agencies to plug a yawning shortfall in his border operation has sparked assertions that federal COVID-19 relief money is being used to fill in the gap.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee has recommended that Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) serve on the Agriculture Committee and Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) join Armed Services. Both still need to get approval from the full Democratic Caucus.

FORT HOOD, Texas —Rep. Sylvia Garcia announced Wednesday the passing of bill H.R. 224, a bill that will rename a Houston post office after the late Vanessa Guillen.

SPC. Vanessa Guillen was last seen on April 22, 2020, while she was a private stationed at Fort Hood.

A bill to rename a southeast Houston post office after slain U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The measure introduced by Guillén's representative, Democrat Sylvia Garcia, in January, was debated on the House floor Tuesday and was approved in a vote on Wednesday afternoon, according to Garcia's office.

During House Floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) spoke about abortion.

The Biden administration is scrapping planned auctions of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Cook Inlet -- a move that deepens uncertainty over the future of the US government's offshore oil leasing program.

In House floor remarks, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) argued for abortion rights.