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EDINBURG, Texas – Members of the Texas congressional delegation have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to investigate Texas Governor Greg Abbott to see if he misappropriated federal coronavirus relief monies to fund Operation Lone Star.
The urging came in the form of a letter. Among those signing the letter were U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso.
– A US Post Office could soon bear the name of beloved US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) is leading a bipartisan bill to rename the post office on Galveston Road in Houston after her constituent, SPC Vanessa Guillén.
President Joe Biden's promise to end new drilling for oil and gas on federal lands is colliding with the cold realities of soaring fuel costs.
Some centrist Democrats, several of whom are up for reelection this year, are requesting that Biden do more via the leasing program to bring price relief — and their ask is not where his preferences lie.
A group of Texas Democrats urged the Biden administration on Monday to probe whether their state had misused federal funds meant to respond to the coronavirus, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) relied on pandemic relief to help pay for his crackdown on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to overhaul our nation's judicial ethics laws and restore public faith in our court system. In the U.S.
Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joins Julie Mason to discuss the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion that signals Roe v Wade could be overturned, plus immigration legislation in Texas.
WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers were divided largely along party lines Tuesday over a leaked Supreme Court opinion striking down the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision that established a woman's legal right to an abortion.
Democrats have opened an ideological rift on Title 42 and the issue of immigration ahead of the upcoming midterms this week. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met with President Biden Monday to urge him to follow through on the CDC's announced May 23deadline to lift Title 42.
DENTON — U.S. Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia today announced a $50,000 gift to Texas Woman's University to launch a scholarship program aimed at supporting students who aspire to careers in public service and come from traditionally underrepresented groups in federal, state and local politics.
The gift establishes an endowment in the congresswoman's name that will generate scholarships in perpetuity for Texas Woman's undergraduate students, and commemorates the 50th anniversary of receiving her undergraduate degree at the university.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is already crowdfunding a border wall between the state and Mexico, and now it's requesting donations as migrants are bused to Washington, D.C.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the busing plan in response to the Biden administration ending the Trump-era Title 42 border policy. The public health policy—which limits asylum at the border in order to curb the spread if COVID-19—is slated to end May 23. It's expected that will increase border crossings. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued to block the policy's rescission.