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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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
RepresentativeSylvia 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.
In House floor on Monday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) promotes the CROWN Act to combat hair discrimination.
As early images of Russian tanks and smoldering buildings emerged from Ukraine last week, the first thought that crossed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) mind concerned the safety of the Ukrainian people.
When former Austin City Council Member Greg Casar stood before a crowd of cheering supporters Tuesday night, he portrayed his ascent from Workers Defense Project policy director to Democratic nominee for Congress as a sign that Republicans' stronghold on Texas masks a burgeoning progressive movement.
Several House Democrats are demanding the federal Bureau of Prisons make public an audit that examines reports of sexual assault at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they've been subjected to rampant sexual abuse that has led to the arrests of four employees, including the former warden.