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June 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision limiting nationwide injunctions: 

“Today’s decision is dangerous, opening the door for Donald Trump to start implementing one of his most extreme, unconstitutional policies: ending birthright citizenship.


June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In celebration of National Homeownership Month, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) announced the reintroduction of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act.

June 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) issued the following statement in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's veto of spending for a summer food aid program for Texas children: 

“Once again, Governor Abbott has chosen cruelty over compassion. By vetoing $60 million in state spending for the summer food assistance program, he turned his back on hungry children across Texas and walked away from $450 million in federal funding that would have helped feed them.


June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) and Rep.


June 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) issued the following statement in response to Texas's decision to side with the Justice Department and end in-state tuition for undocumented students:

“For nearly a quarter century, Texas has offered in-state tuition to undocumented students because we knew they were Texans and American in every way but on paper. They grew up here, went to our schools, built careers, paid taxes, and asked for nothing more than a fair shot at college.


May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) released the following statement in response to House passage of the harmful Republican budget bill:

May 10, 2025
HOUSTON, T.X. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) issued the following statement in response to the confrontation at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where Democratic Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez Jr., and LaMonica McIver were carrying out their lawful oversight duties. During the incident, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested, and the Trump administration is now reportedly considering arrests for the lawmakers involved:

May 9, 2025
MEXICO – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) joined a Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) delegation to Mexico, alongside CHC Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20). They traveled there to meet with a mixed-status family that was detained and deported by immigration authorities while driving to Houston for an emergency medical appointment for their 11-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen recovering from brain cancer.

May 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC –  During today's House Financial Services Committee hearing on the state of the international financial system, Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) called out the Trump administration's failure to address poverty and its reckless tariff agenda that's threatening the U.S. and Houston economy. The hearing focused on the impact of tariffs, market instability, and deteriorating global economic relationships under Trump's leadership. 


May 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) and her Democratic colleagues walked out of a rare joint hearing between the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee, after Republicans turned it into a platform to rubber-stamp President Trump’s latest scheme to enrich himself and his family through the power of his office.