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What to do when our reproductive rights are under attack on all fronts? For Poder PAC, a group dedicated to supporting Democratic Latinas running for office, the solution is one: change the strategy.
The group has launched its five-figure "Poderosas 2022 Protection Program" to support pro-abortion Latina candidates.
"With reproductive rights under attack, it's imperative we re-elect all of our pro-choice Democratic Latinas in Congress – including our first and only Latina U.S. senator," said Poder PAC Board Chair Ingrid Duran in a statement.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- On Saturday, two members of Congress are discussing the decision to grant $750 million to Harris County in Hurricane Harvey aid money.
A news conference will be held at about 9:30 a.m. in Houston with congressmembers Al Green and Sylvia Garcia.
That plan will give federal flood mitigation money to Harris County. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the Texas General Land Office discriminated against Houston and Harris County on the basis of race and national origin when it initially shut them out of a state competition for post Hurricane Harvey disaster funding approved by Congress.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- On Saturday, two members of Congress are discussing the decision to grant $750 million to Harris County in Hurricane Harvey aid money.
A news conference will be held at about 9:30 a.m. in Houston with congressmembers Al Green and Sylvia Garcia.
That plan will give federal flood mitigation money to Harris County. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the Texas General Land Office discriminated against Houston and Harris County on the basis of race and national origin when it initially shut them out of a state competition for post Hurricane Harvey disaster funding approved by Congress.
Mayor Sylvester Turner criticized the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's approval of an amendment to the Texas General Land Office State Action Plan as a sanctioning of "discrimination."
Turner expressed his disappointment in the Friday decision to accept GLO's plan to send $750 million to Harris County in flood mitigation, just 10 months after both the city and county were barred from receiving any of the $4.3 billion post-Hurricane Harvey flood aid.
HOUSTON - Saturday local leaders called out federal agencies to take over the distribution of Hurricane Harvey relief funds after the Texas General Land Office denied aid to the city of Houston for the second time. Four and a half years after Hurricane Harvey, Sandra Edwards's home in Fifth Ward remains in disrepair.
"No walls!" she says giving a tour of her living room. "When it rains, it still rains in here. You can see I tried to tape up the dust through the cracks. It's unlivable and unbearable... Who wants to stay in a house that's duct-taped together?"
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Twitter hid a post Thursday from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton behind a notice that labeled it as "hateful content" after he misgendered a federal health official, which prompted him to threaten the social media platform with a lawsuit.
The tweet in question included a screenshot of a USA Today article naming Adm. Rachel Levine, the secretary of health at U.S. Health and Human Services and the first openly transgender official appointed by the Senate, as one of the "exceptional Women of the Year." Paxton paired that photo with his own caption reading, "Rachel Levine is a man."
Ten United States Congress representatives, led by members of the Hispanic Caucus, have written to President Joe Biden to champion two vaccines, Corbevax and Novavax – developed with American expertise and produced at scale in India – and deepen the administration's partnership with like-minded countries to ensure their equitable distribution globally.
Led by three Democratic representatives from Texas – Veronica Escobar, Vicente Gonzalez and Sylvia R Garcia – the letter was signed by seven other representatives from California, Florida and Guam, including Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12), Congressman French Hill (R-AR-02), Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), and the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus celebrated the passage of H. Con. Res. 70, a resolution condemning threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities ("HBCUs") and reaffirming support for HBCUs and their students.
The 113 House cosponsors of the resolution include Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, Joyce Beatty, Sylvia R. Garcia, Al Green.
Representative Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), a Texas delegate at the NWC in 1977. Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, who recently co-authored a biography on Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color in Congress and one of the sponsors of the federal legislation underwriting the NWC. Betsy Fischer Martin, Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, and former producer of Meet the Press. Errin Haines, a leading MSNBC commentator and co-founder of the women's news service The 19th. Moderated by Caitlyn Jones, UH doctoral student and lead research assistant on the Sharing Stories from 1977 project.
In House floor on Monday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) promotes the CROWN Act to combat hair discrimination.