Press Releases

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia released the following statement on yesterday's death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16 year-old Guatemalan migrant, in CBP custody.

HOUSTON — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia was called to jury duty today and released this statement:

"Public service isn't just about running for office or working to help run the government. Its purest forms are often found in our civic duties, such as voting, paying taxes, and yes, even jury duty," said Congresswoman Garcia. "I am proud to be summoned to jury selection with a panel of my peers today and be a part of a democratic system that calls its citizens to help enforce the law. It's a further reminder of the honor and privilege it is to be an American."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia cosponsored sweeping new health care legislation that will lower Texans' health insurance premiums, crack down on junk health insurance plans, strengthen protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and reverse the Trump Administration's health care sabotage.