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"These are essential workers who contribute massively to our economy and infrastructure, and they must be protected with paid rest breaks."
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) led a letter to President Joe Biden urgently requesting him to prioritize multicancer early detection technologies (MCED) within the Administration's Cancer Moonshot Program and the Cancer Cabinet. This effort would help ensure women have access to more advanced, accurate, and less invasive breast cancer detection options.
During House Floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) spoke about The Respect for Marriage Act.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, responded by touting her credentials as a native South Texan who learned growing up how to use firearms to protect her property and hunt to put food on the table — activities she said do not require an AR-15.
If passed, the federal government would require employers to give a minimum of a 15 minute break every four hours.
"We will not allow this right-wing obsession to impose their personal religious views on people's private lives to go any further," Houston Rep. Sylvia Garcia said during the House debate Tuesday.
The state party's recently adopted platform labels homosexuality as "an abnormal lifestyle choice," U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat, noted during a debate on the bill, part of Democrats' efforts to show they are working to safeguard rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
It's an issue that could soon have the attention of Congress, as U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat, pushes legislation to establish mandatory paid work breaks on construction sites.
Casar was joined by former state Sen. Wendy Davis, U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia and Al Green, and several other lawmakers and abortion advocacy groups at a news conference announcing the group's proposal at the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas.
It's happening just about every night now, in sight of the U.S. Capitol dome.