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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Garcia (TX-29) joined fellow Democrats to vote and pass in the U.S. House of Representatives H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, the most sweeping and historic immigration reform legislation of the past 25 years.
House Democrats are seeking to block the Trump administration from following through on a plan to make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to receive government housing aid.
Rep. Justin Amash broke ranks with fellow Republicans when he said special counsel Robert S.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spent several hours in a congressional hearing answering questions about his department's plan to evict unauthorized immigrants from government-subsidized housing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) released the following statement on the remarks Special Counsel Mueller gave this morning:
"After his press conference this morning, I believe that Special Counsel Mueller needs to testify before Congress, and I continue to call on Attorney General Barr to release the full, unredacted report to Congress."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Garcia voted to pass H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) to help Americans save more for a secure retirement and deliver an urgently needed fix for military survivors and families facing drastic tax hikes under the GOP Tax Law, including the GOP's "kiddie tax" provision.
At least 225 members of the House of Representatives have publicly backed the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, bas
WASHINGTON – This week, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) alongside Reps. Jason Crow (CO-06), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced legislation to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from blocking members of Congress from access to detention centers that house immigrants and migrant children.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Garcia (TX-29) introduced the Worksite Reporting Act, H.R. 2872, a bill that improves safety and security on construction sites by requiring site-controlling employers to keep a log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on a project, regardless of who employs the worker.
After a Capitol Hill hearing with more than a few minutes devoted to a back-and-forth about whether a California congresswoman was asking about foreclosed properties or Oreo cookies, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson lobbed a tweet at a Houston congresswoman and claimed undocumented immigrants were keeping Houstonians from public housing.