Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced H.R. 2763 to block a proposed US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule that targets mixed-immigrant status families for federal housing eviction, including 55,000 children.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia voted to pass H.R 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, a major piece of legislation that addresses two top concerns of the American people – lowering prescription drug prices and defending vital protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This bill is a critical component of the For The People agenda.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Representative Mike Quigley (I-05L) with Representatives Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Jesus "Chuy" García (IL-04) re-introduced legislation that seeks to remove the ability of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to contract with local law enforcement for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration law.
WASHINGTON – On Friday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and 20 Committee Democrats sent a letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Garcia (TX-29) joined Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) to introduce the Asylum Seeker Protection Act.
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:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Sylvia Garcia and members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing in Houston on the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in the state of Texas. The subcommittee gathered testimony from voting rights scholars and practitioners from throughout the state on barriers to exercising the right to vote in Texas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today following the release of the Mueller Report to Congress, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for a clean version without redactions to be provided to Congress and for renewed investigations into allegations of obstruction of justice and corruption against President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia rebuffed Attorney General Barr's recent policy reversal to withhold bail from asylum seekers. Barr, in a written decision, ordered immigration judges to stop granting immigrants who established "a credible fear of persecution or torture" in their home country from posting bail, condemning most asylum seekers to indefinite detainment while they await the completion proceedings.