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A bill to rename a southeast Houston post office after slain U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén is expected to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The measure introduced by Guillén's representative, Democrat Sylvia Garcia, in January, was debated on the House floor Tuesday and is expected to pass a vote on Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson in Garcia's office.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A bill aimed at keeping the memory alive of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén could soon pass as it would name a post office after the murdered soldier.

If H.R. 224 moves forward, it would rename the post office at 5302 Galveston Road as the Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building.

The post office is just a few blocks from César Chávez High School, where Guillén graduated from in 2018 before serving in the U.S. Army.

EDINBURG, Texas – Members of the Texas congressional delegation have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to investigate Texas Governor Greg Abbott to see if he misappropriated federal coronavirus relief monies to fund Operation Lone Star.

The urging came in the form of a letter. Among those signing the letter were U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso.

– A US Post Office could soon bear the name of beloved US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén.

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) is leading a bipartisan bill to rename the post office on Galveston Road in Houston after her constituent, SPC Vanessa Guillén.

The vote is expected to take place this week. The family hopes that Vanessa Guillén's legacy will continue to make a positive impact on military and civilian communities nationwide and here in the Greater Houston area.

President Joe Biden's promise to end new drilling for oil and gas on federal lands is colliding with the cold realities of soaring fuel costs.

Some centrist Democrats, several of whom are up for reelection this year, are requesting that Biden do more via the leasing program to bring price relief — and their ask is not where his preferences lie.

These Democrats are asking Biden to speed up development of the five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan "as required" by federal law to bring more oil and gas to market to help displace Russia's market share and lower prices.

A group of Texas Democrats urged the Biden administration on Monday to probe whether their state had misused federal funds meant to respond to the coronavirus, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) relied on pandemic relief to help pay for his crackdown on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The lawmakers' request stemmed from a string of recent budgetary maneuvers that had enabled Texas to defray the cost of its campaign, known as Operation Lone Star. Essentially, the state shifted about $1 billion in public health and safety funds to its border operations, including the deployment of Texas National Guard troops, while backfilling those agencies with federal pandemic aid, according to a Washington Post analysis of spending records.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to overhaul our nation's judicial ethics laws and restore public faith in our court system. In the U.S. House of Representatives, this legislation is cosponsored by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee; André Carson (D-Ind.); Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas.); Katie Porter (D-Calif.); Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.); Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.); Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.);, Veronica Escobar (D-Texas); Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.); Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.);

Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joins Julie Mason to discuss the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion that signals Roe v Wade could be overturned, plus immigration legislation in Texas.