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House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is in a bind.
A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas. Some lawmakers even want Congress to dust off its little-used authority to fine or even jail witnesses, something that the House hasn't done in more than 80 years and is ill-prepared to execute.
Unaccompanied migrant children are now being held in U.S. custody for more than twice as long, on average, than they were four years ago, according to government data.
In the 2015 fiscal year, officials with the Office of
Refugee Resettlement, the agency tasked with caring for unaccompanied minors, released children to sponsors within an average of 34 days. But in the first half of this fiscal year, that average jumped to 77 days.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Garcia (TX-29) joined Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) to introduce the Asylum Seeker Protection Act.
Heard of Chrissy Houlahan? Of course not. Does the name Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ring a bell? Probably not. Veronica Escobar, Angie Craig, Jahana Hayes… never heard of them. But you've definitely heard of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia addressed concerns Thursday that the Democrats' multiple investigations into President Trump could hurt their party politically in upcoming elections: "It's about our democracy."
"There is a factor of that, that we have to consider, but what I think is important is this really is not about the polls, it's not about politics, it's not even about this one president. It's about our democracy. It's about the check and balances. It's about the way our entire system works," the Texas Democrat said on CNN's "Newsroom" show.
More than 20 Democratic lawmakers have recently asked a federal appeals court to invalidate President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Sylvia Garcia released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Sylvia Garcia released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress:
Like a lot of people, I've been jockeying between rage and despair over the state of our national government. But when I walk into Mary Gay Scanlon's Washington, D.C., office at 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in late February, I'm ready for a close and personal view of the mess, with something of a twist: I've come to spend the day with one of the Women in White.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Hundreds turned out for the LULAC District VIII Cinco de Mayo Parade Saturday in downtown Houston.
The parade started at the corner of Texas and Hamilton, next to Minute Maid Park and moved its way throughout the neighborhood as spectators waved flags, danced and cheered.
The parade celebrated our community's Mexican heritage with 2019 Grand Marshals, U.S. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.